Where does “སྙིང” come from?

སྙིང (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s/k-niŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nəw-k — brain.

སྙིང (Tibetan): heart; mind; essence

Definitions

  1. heart; mind; essence

Ancestry of “སྙིང”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans/k-niŋbrain, heart, mind; heart; brain; mind
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəw-kbrain
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nəw-k →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s/k-niŋ →