Where does “សែសិប” come from?

សែសិប (Khmer) comes from Thai สี่สิบ, from Thai สี่, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

សែសិប (Khmer): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “សែសិប”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสี่สิบ40
2Thaiสี่4; four
3Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
4Middle Chinese四—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Middle Chinese 四 →Every word from Proto-Tai siːᴮ →