Where does “མི་དམངས” come from?

མི་དམངས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མི, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-mi(j)-n — man, person, human being.

མི་དམངས (Tibetan): people, a populace, the masses, public

Definitions

  1. people, a populace, the masses, public

Ancestry of “མི་དམངས”, step by step

མི་དམངས traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མི

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམིperson, human being, man; not, un-
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-mi(j)-nman, person, human being

via Tibetan དམངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདམངསpopulace, people, mob
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-mi(j)-n →Every word from Tibetan མི →