Where does “息” come from?
息 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-sak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-sak.
Ancestry of “息”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | m-sak | breath; life; to breathe; breath; life |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *mV-sak | — |