Where does “མིང་མཛོད” come from?

མིང་མཛོད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མིང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ — name.

མིང་མཛོད (Tibetan): dictionary

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Ancestry of “མིང་མཛོད”, step by step

མིང་མཛོད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མིང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམིངname, designation; word, term
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*r-meŋname

via Tibetan མཛོད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམཛོད—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ →Every word from Tibetan མིང →