Where does “ལྗི་བ” come from?
ལྗི་བ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅, from Sanskrit च, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
ལྗི་བ (Tibetan): flea
Definitions
- flea
Ancestry of “ལྗི་བ”, step by step
ལྗི་བ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ལ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ལ | hillside, mountain pass; Marks oblique locatives;... |
| 2 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀅 | and; also, moreover |
| 3 | Sanskrit | च | and, both, also, moreover, as well as |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -ča | and |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Tibetan བ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བ | common suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns;... |