Where does “འབྲོག་མོ” come from?

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

འབྲོག་མོ (Tibetan): nomad woman, pastoralist woman

Definitions

  1. nomad woman, pastoralist woman

Ancestry of “འབྲོག་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མོ

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

via Tibetan འབྲོག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའབྲོགhighland pasture, where nomads live
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →