Where does “ຖ່ານຫີນ” come from?

ຖ່ານຫີນ (Lao) comes from Lao ຖ່ານ, from Middle Chinese 炭.

ຖ່ານຫີນ (Lao): coal

Definitions

  1. coal

Ancestry of “ຖ່ານຫີນ”, step by step

ຖ່ານຫີນ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຖ່ານ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຖ່ານcharcoal
2Middle Chinese炭—

via Lao ຫີນ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫີນrock; stone
2Proto-Taitriːlᴬstone
Every word from Middle Chinese 炭 →Every word from Lao ຖ່ານ →