Where does “མེ་མདའ” come from?

མེ་མདའ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མདའ, from Tibetan ེའུ, from Tibetan བུ — son, child.

མེ་མདའ (Tibetan): gun, firearm

Definitions

  1. gun, firearm

Ancestry of “མེ་མདའ”, step by step

མེ་མདའ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མདའ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམདའarrow; hand; Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ
2Tibetanེའུdiminutive suffix
3Tibetanབུson, child

via Tibetan མེ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམེfire
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məjfire
Every word from Tibetan བུ →Every word from Tibetan ེའུ →Every word from Tibetan མདའ →