Where does “lhakang” come from?

lhakang (Wutunhua) comes from Tibetan ལྷ་ཁང, from Tibetan ལྷ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hla — soul; god; demon.

lhakang (Wutunhua): temple

Definitions

  1. temple

Ancestry of “lhakang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྷ་ཁངtemple
2Tibetanལྷgod, deity
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-hlasoul; god; demon
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-hla →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ཁང →