Where does “ལྔ་པ” come from?

ལྔ་པ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལྔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ — five.

ལྔ་པ (Tibetan): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “ལྔ་པ”, step by step

ལྔ་པ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལྔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྔfive
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔfive

via Tibetan པ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཔa nominalization suffix
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ →Every word from Tibetan ལྔ →