Where does “འོད་ལོ” come from?

འོད་ལོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan འོད, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwa(n/t).

འོད་ལོ (Tibetan): light year

Definitions

  1. light year

Ancestry of “འོད་ལོ”, step by step

འོད་ལོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan འོད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའོདlight
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*hwa(n/t)—

via Tibetan ལོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལོyear
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwa(n/t) →Every word from Tibetan འོད →