Where does “ལྟུང་བ” come from?

ལྟུང་བ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan laŋ — to lift; to raise.

ལྟུང་བ (Tibetan): fall

Definitions

  1. fall

Ancestry of “ལྟུང་བ”, step by step

ལྟུང་བ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལངto rise, to get up; to arise, to be born; to...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlaŋto lift; to raise

via Tibetan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetancommon suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan laŋEvery word from Tibetan ལང