Where does “ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ” come from?

ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦺᦂᧈ, from Proto-Tai kajᴮ, from Middle Chinese 雞.

ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ (Lü): rooster, cock

Definitions

  1. rooster, cock

Ancestry of “ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ”, step by step

ᦺᦂᧈᦗᦴᧉ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lü ᦺᦂᧈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦺᦂᧈchicken
2Proto-Taikajᴮchicken
3Middle Chinese雞—

via Lü ᦗᦴᧉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦗᦴᧉmale
Every word from Middle Chinese 雞 →Every word from Proto-Tai kajᴮ →Every word from Lü ᦺᦂᧈ →