Where does “ལམ་ཀ” come from?

ལམ་ཀ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཀ, from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ལམ་ཀ (Tibetan): road, path

Definitions

  1. road, path

Ancestry of “ལམ་ཀ”, step by step

ལམ་ཀ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ཀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanཀThe first letter of the Tibetan abugida
2Pali𑀓Brahmi script form of ka
3Sanskritकःnominative masculine singular of किम्
4Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
5Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Tibetan ལམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལམpath, way; method
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →