Where does “ຫ້າສິບ” come from?

ຫ້າສິບ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫ້າ, from Proto-Tai *haːꟲ, from Old Chinese 五.

ຫ້າສິບ (Lao): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “ຫ້າສິບ”, step by step

ຫ້າສິບ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຫ້າ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫ້າfive
2Proto-Tai*haːꟲfive
3Old Chinese五—

via Lao ສິບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສິບten
2Middle Chinese十—
Every word from Old Chinese 五 →Every word from Proto-Tai *haːꟲ →Every word from Lao ຫ້າ →