Where does “མིང་ཚིག” come from?

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

མིང་ཚིག (Tibetan): noun

Definitions

  1. noun

Ancestry of “མིང་ཚིག”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མིང

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

via Tibetan ཚིག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཚིགword, phrase
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ →Every word from Tibetan མིང →