Where does “max” come from?

max (Bouyei) comes from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ, from Middle Chinese 馬.

max (Bouyei): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “max”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*maːꟲhorse
2Middle Chinese馬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ →