Where does “རྒྱ་ནག” come from?
རྒྱ་ནག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan རྒྱ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman r-gya-n.
རྒྱ་ནག (Tibetan): China
Definitions
- China
Ancestry of “རྒྱ་ནག”, step by step
རྒྱ་ནག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan རྒྱ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | རྒྱ | extent, size, area, width; vastness,... |
| 2 | Proto-Tibeto-Burman | r-gya-n | — |
via Tibetan ནག
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ནག | See ནག་པོ |