Where does “འབྲུག་གྲགས” come from?
འབྲུག་གྲགས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.
Ancestry of “འབྲུག་གྲགས”, step by step
འབྲུག་གྲགས traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan མོ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | མོ | female; she |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | mow | woman; female relative |
via Tibetan འབྲུག
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | འབྲུག | dragon |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | m-bru(ŋ/k) | dragon; thunder |