Where does “ལམ་བཟང” come from?

ལམ་བཟང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

Ancestry of “ལམ་བཟང”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལམpath, way; method
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path

via Tibetan བཟང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབཟངrighteous, good
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam →Every word from Tibetan ལམ →