Where does “ལྷ་སྐྱིད” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ལྷ་སྐྱིད”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལྷ

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

via Tibetan སྐྱིད

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