Where does “ལྷ་གཅིག” come from?

ལྷ་གཅིག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལྷ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hla — soul; god; demon.

ལྷ་གཅིག (Tibetan): His/Her Majesty, Your Majesty

Definitions

  1. His/Her Majesty, Your Majesty

Ancestry of “ལྷ་གཅིག”, step by step

ལྷ་གཅིག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལྷ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྷgod, deity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-hlasoul; god; demon

via Tibetan གཅིག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཅིགone
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-tekone
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hla →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ →