Where does “ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ” come from?

ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦙᦱᧉ, from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ, from Middle Chinese 馬.

ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ (Lü): sea horse

Definitions

  1. sea horse

Ancestry of “ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ”, step by step

ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lü ᦙᦱᧉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦙᦱᧉhorse
2Proto-Tai*maːꟲhorse
3Middle Chinese馬—

via Lü ᦓᧄᧉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦓᧄᧉwater
2Proto-TaiC̬.namᶜwater
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ →Every word from Lü ᦙᦱᧉ →
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