Where does “ལྦ་ཚྭ” come from?

ལྦ་ཚྭ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཚྭ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsa, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

ལྦ་ཚྭ (Tibetan): iodine

Definitions

  1. iodine

Ancestry of “ལྦ་ཚྭ”, step by step

ལྦ་ཚྭ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ཚྭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཚྭsalt
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsasalt, salty, salted
3Chinese茶tea
4Proto-Loloishla¹tea
5Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Tibetan ལྦ་བ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྦ་བgoitre, wen, thyroid gland
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanl/m-ba—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →