Where does “འོད་ལྡན” come from?

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

Ancestry of “འོད་ལྡན”, step by step

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

via Tibetan འོད

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

via Tibetan ལྡན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྡནto possess, be endowed with
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwa(n/t) →Every word from Tibetan འོད →