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Where does “ຊື່ນ້ອຍ” come from?

ຊື່ນ້ອຍ (Lao) comes from Lao ຊື່, from Proto-Tai ɟɤːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

ຊື່ນ້ອຍ (Lao): nickname

Definitions

  1. nickname

Ancestry of “ຊື່ນ້ອຍ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຊື່name; straight; honest
2Proto-Taiɟɤːᴮname
3Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
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