Where does “ສີ່ສິບສອງ” come from?
ສີ່ສິບສອງ (Lao) comes from Lao ສີ່, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
ສີ່ສິບສອງ (Lao): forty-two
Ancestry of “ສີ່ສິບສອງ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ສີ່ | four |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | siːᴮ | four |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |