Where does “ຂ້ານ້ອຍ” come from?

ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (Lao) comes from Lao ຂ້າ, from Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ — to kill.

ຂ້ານ້ອຍ (Lao): a first person pronoun employed when addressing a...

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  1. a first person pronoun employed when addressing a...

Ancestry of “ຂ້ານ້ອຍ”, step by step

ຂ້ານ້ອຍ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຂ້າ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຂ້າslave, servant; I, me; to kill, murder
2Proto-Tai*qaːꟲto kill

via Lao ນ້ອຍ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoນ້ອຍsmall, little; few; not much, little
2Proto-Tai*noːjꟲ—

Words derived from “ຂ້ານ້ອຍ”

Every word from Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ →Every word from Lao ຂ້າ →
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