Where does “teb” come from?

teb (Green Hmong) comes from Middle Chinese 地.

teb (Green Hmong): land; country; state (use as suffix to form names of country)

Definitions

  1. land; country; state (use as suffix to form names of country)

Ancestry of “teb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese
Every word from Middle Chinese