Where does “ຊາວແປດ” come from?

ຊາວແປດ (Lao) comes from Lao ແປດ, from Proto-Tai peːtᴰ, from Middle Chinese 八.

ຊາວແປດ (Lao): twenty-eight

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight

Ancestry of “ຊາວແປດ”, step by step

ຊາວແປດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ແປດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແປດeight
2Proto-Taipeːtᴰeight
3Middle Chinese八—

via Lao ຊາວ

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