Where does “ལྷ་རྒྱལ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ལྷ་རྒྱལ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལྷ

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

via Tibetan རྒྱལ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྒྱལto be victorious, to win, to conquer, to subdue,...
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