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Where does “ᦌᦱᧁᦷᦠᧅ” come from?

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

ᦌᦱᧁᦷᦠᧅ (Lü): twenty-six

Definitions

  1. twenty-six

Ancestry of “ᦌᦱᧁᦷᦠᧅ”, step by step

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