Where does “འབྲུག་མིག” come from?

འབྲུག་མིག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མིག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək — eye.

འབྲུག་མིག (Tibetan): longan

Definitions

  1. longan

Ancestry of “འབྲུག་མིག”, step by step

འབྲུག་མིག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མིག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམིགeye
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mjəkeye

via Tibetan འབྲུག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའབྲུགdragon
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-bru(ŋ/k)dragon; thunder
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjəkEvery word from Tibetan མིག
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