Where does “ຊາວເກົ້າ” come from?

ຊາວເກົ້າ (Lao) comes from Lao ເກົ້າ, from Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ, from Middle Chinese 九, from Old Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.

ຊາວເກົ້າ (Lao): twenty-nine

Definitions

  1. twenty-nine

Ancestry of “ຊາວເກົ້າ”, step by step

ຊາວເກົ້າ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເກົ້າ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເກົ້າnine; head; headhair
2Proto-Tai*kɤwꟲnine
3Middle Chinese九—
4Old Chinese九—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

via Lao ຊາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊາວtwenty; inhabitant, native; person; tribe, group
2Proto-Taizaːwᴬto wash
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw →Every word from Old Chinese 九 →Every word from Middle Chinese 九 →