Where does “” come from?

湯 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-la(w)ŋ — steam; hot.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-la(w)ŋsteam; hot

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-la(w)ŋ