Where does “ຊ້າງ” come from?

ຊ້າງ (Lao) comes from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 象, from Old Chinese 象 — elephant.

ຊ້າງ (Lao): elephant

Definitions

  1. elephant

Ancestry of “ຊ້າງ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*ɟaːŋꟲelephant
2Middle Chinese象elephant; image, resemblance
3Old Chinese象elephant

Words derived from “ຊ້າງ”

Every word from Old Chinese 象 →Every word from Middle Chinese 象 →Every word from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ →