Where does “ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦲᧈ” come from?
ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦲᧈ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦉᦲᧈ, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦲᧈ (Lü): twenty-four
Ancestry of “ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦲᧈ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lü | ᦉᦲᧈ | four; theatrical play; show |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | siːᴮ | four |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |