Where does “ལྷ་དབང” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ལྷ་དབང”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལྷ

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

via Tibetan དབང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདབངempowerment
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hla →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ →