Where does “ཚིལ་ལུ” come from?

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

ཚིལ་ལུ (Tibetan): animal fat

Definitions

  1. animal fat

Ancestry of “ཚིལ་ལུ”, 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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