Where does “ལྕགས་རྟ” come from?

ལྕགས་རྟ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan རྟ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan rta — horse.

ལྕགས་རྟ (Tibetan): bicycle

Definitions

  1. bicycle

Ancestry of “ལྕགས་རྟ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan རྟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྟhorse; melody
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanrtahorse

via Tibetan ལྕགས

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