Where does “ཚིལ་བུ” come from?

ཚིལ་བུ (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.

ཚིལ་བུ (Tibetan): fat; grease; suet

Definitions

  1. fat; grease; suet

Ancestry of “ཚིལ་བུ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil →
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