Where does “ຊາວເຈັດ” come from?

ຊາວເຈັດ (Lao) comes from Lao ເຈັດ, from Proto-Tai cetᴰ, from Middle Chinese 七.

ຊາວເຈັດ (Lao): twenty-seven

Definitions

  1. twenty-seven

Ancestry of “ຊາວເຈັດ”, step by step

ຊາວເຈັດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເຈັດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເຈັດseven
2Proto-Taicetᴰseven
3Middle Chinese七—

via Lao ຊາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊາວtwenty; inhabitant, native; person; tribe, group
2Proto-Taizaːwᴬto wash
Every word from Middle Chinese 七 →Every word from Proto-Tai cetᴰ →Every word from Lao ເຈັດ →