Where does “ཤིང་རྩི” come from?
ཤིང་རྩི (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཤིང, from Sanskrit हिङ्गु, from Proto-Iranian Hángwr̥, from Proto-Iranian Hanguǰatu, from Proto-Iranian Hangwr̥ — extract, resin; resin.
ཤིང་རྩི (Tibetan): gum, resin, sap
Definitions
- gum, resin, sap
Ancestry of “ཤིང་རྩི”, step by step
ཤིང་རྩི traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ཤིང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Tibetan རྩི
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | རྩི | grass, plants, thickets; juice, fluid, essence,... |