Where does “ຢູ່ນີ້” come from?

ຢູ່ນີ້ (Lao) comes from Lao ຢູ່, from Proto-Tai ˀjuːᴮ — to be.

ຢູ່ນີ້ (Lao): here

Definitions

  1. here

Ancestry of “ຢູ່ນີ້”, step by step

ຢູ່ນີ້ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຢູ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຢູ່to be; to live, reside, abide; to live, exist
2Proto-Taiˀjuːᴮto be

via Lao ນີ້

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoນີ້this, these; here
Every word from Proto-Tai ˀjuːᴮ →Every word from Lao ຢູ່ →