Where does “ວັນເກີດ” come from?
ວັນເກີດ (Lao) comes from Lao ວັນ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ŋwanᴬ², from Proto-Tai ŋwanᴬ — daytime.
ວັນເກີດ (Lao): birthday
Ancestry of “ວັນເກີດ”, step by step
ວັນເກີດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lao ວັນ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ວັນ | day |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | ŋwanᴬ² | day |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | ŋwanᴬ | daytime |
via Lao ເກີດ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ເກີດ | to bear, to give birth; to be born |
| 2 | Thai | เกิด | to come into being: to be born, to rise, to... |
| 3 | Old Khmer | កេត៑ | to issue, to emerge; to be born; (of sun) to rise |