Etymograph

English

Sikkim

Sikkim comes from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ.

  1. Sikkimesemodernསུ་ཁྱིམsu khyim
  2. EnglishtodaySikkim

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sikkimesemodernསུ་ཁྱིམsu khyim
  2. EnglishtodaySikkim

The story

Borrowed from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim); The most widely accepted theory is that it is a combination of two Limbu words: su, which means "new", and khyim, which means "palace" or "house".disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it. The name is believed to be a reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal.

Every English word from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ

Today it means

name A state in eastern India. Capital: Gangtok.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ / Sikkim

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