Where does “ຜູ້ສາວ” come from?

ຜູ້ສາວ (Lao) comes from Lao ຜູ້, from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰuːᶜ — person.

ຜູ້ສາວ (Lao): girlfriend

Definitions

  1. girlfriend

Ancestry of “ຜູ້ສາວ”, step by step

ຜູ້ສາວ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຜູ້

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຜູ້person; used with animals to indicate he-, male;...
2Proto-Southwestern Taipʰuːᶜperson

via Lao ສາວ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສາວgirl, young woman; to pull towards oneself, haul...
2Proto-Taisaːwᴬunmarried woman
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