Where does “འཁྱགས་ཀླུང” come from?
འཁྱགས་ཀླུང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཀླུང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kl(j)u(ŋ/k) — river; valley.
འཁྱགས་ཀླུང (Tibetan): glacier
Definitions
- glacier
Ancestry of “འཁྱགས་ཀླུང”, step by step
འཁྱགས་ཀླུང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ཀླུང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཀླུང | }} river, stream |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | kl(j)u(ŋ/k) | river; valley |
via Tibetan འཁྱགས
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | འཁྱགས | often used in compounds |