Where does “ຊາວສີ່” come from?

ຊາວສີ່ (Lao) comes from Lao ສີ່, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

ຊາວສີ່ (Lao): twenty-four

Definitions

  1. twenty-four

Ancestry of “ຊາວສີ່”, step by step

ຊາວສີ່ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ສີ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສີ່four
2Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
3Middle Chinese四—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

via Lao ຊາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊາວtwenty; inhabitant, native; person; tribe, group
2Proto-Taizaːwᴬto wash
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Middle Chinese 四 →Every word from Proto-Tai siːᴮ →