Where does “སྤྱི་སྐད” come from?

སྤྱི་སྐད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan སྐད, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j — mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

སྤྱི་སྐད (Tibetan): lingua franca, koine

Definitions

  1. lingua franca, koine

Ancestry of “སྤྱི་སྐད”, step by step

སྤྱི་སྐད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan སྐད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྐདlanguage; speech
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

via Tibetan སྤྱི

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྤྱིgeneral, common
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j →Every word from Tibetan སྐད →