Where does “འབྲུག་མོ” come from?

འབྲུག་མོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

འབྲུག་མོ (Tibetan): ewe

Definitions

  1. ewe

Ancestry of “འབྲུག་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམོfemale; she
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

via Tibetan འབྲུག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའབྲུགdragon
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-bru(ŋ/k)dragon; thunder
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →