Where does “ສີ່ສິບຫົກ” come from?

ສີ່ສິບຫົກ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫົກ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai krokᴰ, from Old Chinese 六.

ສີ່ສິບຫົກ (Lao): forty-six

Definitions

  1. forty-six

Ancestry of “ສີ່ສິບຫົກ”, step by step

ສີ່ສິບຫົກ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຫົກ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫົກsix
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*xrokᴰ¹ˢ—
3Proto-Taikrokᴰsix
4Old Chinese六—

via Lao ສີ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສີ່four
2Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
3Middle Chinese四—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

via Lao ສິບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສິບten
2Middle Chinese十—
Every word from Old Chinese 六 →Every word from Proto-Tai krokᴰ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ →