Where does “ມີດຕັດ” come from?

ມີດຕັດ (Lao) comes from Lao ມີດ, from Proto-Tai mitᴰ — knife.

ມີດຕັດ (Lao): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “ມີດຕັດ”, step by step

ມີດຕັດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ມີດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoມີດknife
2Proto-Taimitᴰknife

via Lao ຕັດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຕັດto cut
2Proto-Taitacᴰto cut
Every word from Proto-Tai mitᴰ →Every word from Lao ມີດ →