Etymology Explorer › Lü

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

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