Where does “ຫວັງດີ” come from?

ຫວັງດີ (Lao) comes from Lao ດີ, from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ — good.

ຫວັງດີ (Lao): to wish someone well, to mean well

Definitions

  1. to wish someone well, to mean well

Ancestry of “ຫວັງດີ”, step by step

ຫວັງດີ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ດີ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoດີgood
2Proto-Taiɗɤjᴬgood

via Lao ຫວັງ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫວັງto hope (for)
Every word from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ →Every word from Lao ດີ →