Where does “ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ” come from?

ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦷᦠᧅ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai krokᴰ, from Old Chinese 六.

ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ (Lü): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ”, step by step

ᦉᦲᧇᦷᦠᧅ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lü ᦷᦠᧅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦷᦠᧅsix
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*xrokᴰ¹ˢ—
3Proto-Taikrokᴰsix
4Old Chinese六—

via Lü ᦉᦲᧇ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦉᦲᧇten
2Middle Chinese十—
Every word from Old Chinese 六 →Every word from Proto-Tai krokᴰ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ →