Where does “སྐམ་པོ” come from?
སྐམ་པོ (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan k(w)am — thirsty; dried out.
སྐམ་པོ (Tibetan): dry; lean, emaciated
Ancestry of “སྐམ་པོ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | k(w)am | thirsty; dried out |