Where does “ຊາວເອັດ” come from?

ຊາວເອັດ (Lao) comes from Lao ເອັດ, from Middle Chinese 一.

ຊາວເອັດ (Lao): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “ຊາວເອັດ”, step by step

ຊາວເອັດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເອັດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເອັດone
2Middle Chinese一—

via Lao ຊາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊາວtwenty; inhabitant, native; person; tribe, group
2Proto-Taizaːwᴬto wash
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