Where does “འུ་ལག” come from?

འུ་ལག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək — to lick.

འུ་ལག (Tibetan): corvée labor

Definitions

  1. corvée labor

Ancestry of “འུ་ལག”, step by step

འུ་ལག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལགhand; arm
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mə-l(j)əkto lick

via Dzongkha འུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dzongkhaའུa kiss
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək →Every word from Tibetan ལག →
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