Where does “ສີ່” come from?

ສີ່ (Lao) comes from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

ສີ່ (Lao): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “ສີ່”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
2Middle Chinese四—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

Words derived from “ສີ່”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Middle Chinese 四 →Every word from Proto-Tai siːᴮ →