Where does “སྣུབ” come from?

སྣུབ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ནུབ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan nup ~ nip — to sink; to set; to enter.

སྣུབ (Tibetan): to cause to sink or perish, to suppress, to do...

Definitions

  1. to cause to sink or perish, to suppress, to do...

Ancestry of “སྣུབ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanནུབwest
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannup ~ nipto sink; to set; to enter
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan nup ~ nipEvery word from Tibetan ནུབ
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