Where does “སྟག་མོ” come from?

སྟག་མོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

སྟག་མོ (Tibetan): tigress

Definitions

  1. tigress

Ancestry of “སྟག་མོ”, step by step

སྟག་མོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམོfemale; she
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

via Tibetan སྟག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྟགtiger
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanstaktiger
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →