Where does “ལྕགས་རིགས” come from?

ལྕགས་རིགས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལྕགས, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak — iron, iron instrument.

ལྕགས་རིགས (Tibetan): metal

Definitions

  1. metal

Ancestry of “ལྕགས་རིགས”, step by step

ལྕགས་རིགས traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལྕགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྕགསiron
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument

via Tibetan རིགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརིགསkind, type, sort
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak →Every word from Tibetan ལྕགས →