Where does “ຫົກ” come from?
ຫົກ (Lao) comes from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai krokᴰ, from Old Chinese 六.
ຫົກ (Lao): six
Ancestry of “ຫົກ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | *xrokᴰ¹ˢ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | krokᴰ | six |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 六 | — |