Where does “сан” come from?

сан (Dungan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

сан (Dungan): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “сан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum