Where does “སྟོན་མོ” come from?

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

སྟོན་མོ (Tibetan): festivity, festival

Definitions

  1. festivity, festival

Ancestry of “སྟོན་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མོ

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

via Tibetan སྟོན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྟོནto show; to face, to front, to look towards; to...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-twaŋto see; to show; to see, to view

Words derived from “སྟོན་མོ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →