Where does “ཚིག་གཞུང” come from?

ཚིག་གཞུང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གཞུང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t/duŋ — navel; centre.

ཚིག་གཞུང (Tibetan): glossary, dictionary, compendium

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Ancestry of “ཚིག་གཞུང”, step by step

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

via Tibetan གཞུང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཞུངcentre, core, middle; text, scripture,...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre

via Tibetan ཚིག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཚིགword, phrase
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t/duŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཞུང →
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