Where does “སྣག་བུམ” come from?

སྣག་བུམ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan སྣག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək — black.

སྣག་བུམ (Tibetan): inkpot

Definitions

  1. inkpot

Ancestry of “སྣག་བུམ”, step by step

སྣག་བུམ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan སྣག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྣག"Abbreviation of" སྣག་ཚ
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*nəkblack

via Tibetan བུམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབུམ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək →Every word from Tibetan སྣག →