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Where does “འདིར” come from?

འདིར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅, from Sanskrit च, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

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Ancestry of “འདིར”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལhillside, mountain pass; Marks oblique locatives;...
2Maharastri Prakrit𑀅and; also, moreover
3Sanskritचand, both, also, moreover, as well as
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-čaand
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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