Where does “ຫົກສິບແປດ” come from?

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

ຫົກສິບແປດ (Lao): sixty-eight

Definitions

  1. sixty-eight

Ancestry of “ຫົກສິບແປດ”, step by step

ຫົກສິບແປດ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຫົກ

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

via Thai แปด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแปด8; eight
2Proto-Taipeːtᴰeight
3Middle Chinese八—

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 →