Where does “西雙版納” come from?
西雙版納 (Chinese) comes from Lü ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ, from Lü ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ, from Lü ᦉᦸᧂ, from Proto-Tai soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙.
Ancestry of “西雙版納”, step by step
西雙版納 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lü ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lü | ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ | Xishuangbanna |
| 2 | Lü | ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ | twelve |
| 3 | Lü | ᦉᦸᧂ | two |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | soːŋᴬ | two |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 雙 | — |