Where does “སེང” come from?

སེང (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit सिंह, from Proto-Indo-Aryan sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sinȷ́ʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰós-.

སེང (Tibetan): lion

Definitions

  1. lion

Ancestry of “སེང”, step by step

སེང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit सिंह

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritसिंहthe lion; the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna;...
2Proto-Indo-Aryansinźʰás—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansinȷ́ʰáslion
4Proto-Indo-European*sinǵʰós-—

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetansiŋ ~ siktree; wood

Words derived from “སེང”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰós- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sinȷ́ʰás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan sinźʰás →