Where does “ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦱᧄ” come from?

ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦱᧄ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦉᦱᧄ, from Proto-Tai saːm, from Middle Chinese 三.

ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦱᧄ (Lü): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦱᧄ”, step by step

ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦱᧄ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lü ᦉᦱᧄ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦉᦱᧄthree
2Proto-Taisaːmthree
3Middle Chinese三—

via Lü ᦌᦱᧁ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦌᦱᧁtwenty
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*zaːwᴬ⁴—
Every word from Middle Chinese 三 →Every word from Proto-Tai saːm →Every word from Lü ᦉᦱᧄ →