Where does “སྣ་ལྡན” come from?

སྣ་ལྡན (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan སྣ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-na ~ s-naːr — nose.

སྣ་ལྡན (Tibetan): nasal consonant

Definitions

  1. nasal consonant

Ancestry of “སྣ་ལྡན”, step by step

སྣ་ལྡན traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan སྣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྣnose, snout, proboscis; face, tip, end; kind,...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-na ~ s-naːrnose

via Tibetan ལྡན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྡནto possess, be endowed with
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-na ~ s-naːr →Every word from Tibetan སྣ →