Where does “bai” come from?

bai (English) comes from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

bai (English): A marshy meadow

Definitions

  1. A marshy meadow

Ancestry of “bai”, step by step

bai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese白white
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Malay Bai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayBai—

Words derived from “bai”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk →Every word from Chinese 白 →