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
Ancestry of “ຊາວຫົກ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ຫົກ | six |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | *xrokᴰ¹ˢ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | krokᴰ | six |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 六 | — |