Where does “ལྷག་མཐོང” come from?

ལྷག་མཐོང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མཐོང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-twaŋ — to see; to show; to see, to view.

ལྷག་མཐོང (Tibetan): vipassana, clear seeing, insight, special insight

Definitions

  1. vipassana, clear seeing, insight, special insight

Ancestry of “ལྷག་མཐོང”, step by step

ལྷག་མཐོང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མཐོང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམཐོངto see, to view
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-twaŋto see; to show; to see, to view

via Tibetan ལག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལགhand; arm
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mə-l(j)əkto lick
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