Where does “འདྲེ་ཤིག” come from?

འདྲེ་ཤིག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཤིག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srik — louse.

འདྲེ་ཤིག (Tibetan): bedbug

Definitions

  1. bedbug

Ancestry of “འདྲེ་ཤིག”, step by step

འདྲེ་ཤིག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ཤིག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཤིགlouse
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sriklouse

via Tibetan འདྲེ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའདྲེdemon, ghost, evil spirit
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*n-d-raj—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srik →Every word from Tibetan ཤིག →