Where does “ལྷ་མོ” come from?

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

ལྷ་མོ (Tibetan): goddess, fairy, princess; Tibetan opera

Definitions

  1. goddess, fairy, princess; Tibetan opera

Ancestry of “ལྷ་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལྷ

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

via Tibetan མོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམོfemale; she
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

Words derived from “ལྷ་མོ

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hlaEvery word from Tibetan ལྷ