Where does “སྦི་ཅི་ལི” come from?
སྦི་ཅི་ལི (Tibetan) comes from Hindi बिजली, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆, from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता, from Sanskrit विद्युत्, from Sanskrit वि-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.
སྦི་ཅི་ལི (Tibetan): torch, flashlight
Ancestry of “སྦི་ཅི་ལི”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | बिजली | electricity; lightning, thunder |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विद्युल्लता | forked lightning |
| 4 | Sanskrit | विद्युत् | devoid of splendour, lustreless; flashing,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वि- | Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |