Where does “ມີດແຖ” come from?

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

ມີດແຖ (Lao): razor, blade

Definitions

  1. razor, blade

Ancestry of “ມີດແຖ”, step by step

ມີດແຖ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ມີດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoມີດknife
2Proto-Taimitᴰknife

via Lao ແຖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແຖto shave
Every word from Proto-Tai mitᴰ →Every word from Lao ມີດ →