Where does “ཞོ་སྟོན” come from?
ཞོ་སྟོན (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan སྟོན་མོ, from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.
ཞོ་སྟོན (Tibetan): Sho Dun Festival, Yogurt Festival
Definitions
- Sho Dun Festival, Yogurt Festival
Ancestry of “ཞོ་སྟོན”, step by step
ཞོ་སྟོན traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan སྟོན་མོ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | སྟོན་མོ | festivity, festival |
| 2 | Tibetan | མོ | female; she |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | mow | woman; female relative |
via Tibetan ཞོ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཞོ | yogurt, curds fermented milk product |