Where does “ຊາວຫົກ” come from?

ຊາວຫົກ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫົກ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai krokᴰ, from Old Chinese 六.

ຊາວຫົກ (Lao): twenty-six

Definitions

  1. twenty-six

Ancestry of “ຊາວຫົກ”, step by step

ຊາວຫົກ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຫົກ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫົກsix
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*xrokᴰ¹ˢ—
3Proto-Taikrokᴰsix
4Old Chinese六—

via Lao ຊາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊາວtwenty; inhabitant, native; person; tribe, group
2Proto-Taizaːwᴬto wash
Every word from Old Chinese 六 →Every word from Proto-Tai krokᴰ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ →