Where does “སད” come from?

སད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan འདུ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)u-n/t.

སད (Tibetan): frost, cold air, coldness

Definitions

  1. frost, cold air, coldness

Ancestry of “སད”, step by step

སད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan འདུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanའདུto collect, to gather, to assemble, to pool
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(t/d)u-n/t—

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*swat—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)u-n/t →Every word from Tibetan འདུ →