Where does “སེང་ག་གླིང” come from?

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

Ancestry of “སེང་ག་གླིང”, step by step

སེང་ག་གླིང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan སེང་གེ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསེང་གེlion; The constellation Leo
2Sanskritसिंहthe lion; the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna;...
3Proto-Indo-Aryansinźʰás—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniansinȷ́ʰáslion
5Proto-Indo-European*sinǵʰós-—

via Tibetan གླིང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགླིང"dry land surrounded by water": island;...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetangliŋ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰós- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sinȷ́ʰás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan sinźʰás →