Where does “ས་བོན” come from?

ས་བོན (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan བོན, from Tibetan འབོད — to call; to shout.

ས་བོན (Tibetan): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “ས་བོན”, step by step

ས་བོན traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan བོན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབོནto express, to mutter; to ask; to give, to offer
2Tibetanའབོདto call; to shout

via Tibetan ས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསearth, land, soil, ground
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-grwa—
Every word from Tibetan འབོད →Every word from Tibetan བོན →