Where does “ཤིང་ཚ” come from?
ཤིང་ཚ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཤིང, from Sanskrit हिङ्गु, from Proto-Iranian Hángwr̥, from Proto-Iranian Hanguǰatu, from Proto-Iranian Hangwr̥ — extract, resin; resin.
ཤིང་ཚ (Tibetan): cinnamon
Ancestry of “ཤིང་ཚ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tibetan | ཤིང | tree, wood |
| 2 | Sanskrit | हिङ्गु | asafoetida; a kind of liquid made from the roots... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | Hángwr̥ | extract, resin |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | Hanguǰatu | asafoetida |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | Hangwr̥ | extract, resin; resin |
Words derived from “ཤིང་ཚ”