Where does “ຫ້າສິບແປດ” come from?
ຫ້າສິບແປດ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫ້າ, from Proto-Tai *haːꟲ, from Old Chinese 五.
ຫ້າສິບແປດ (Lao): fifty-eight
Ancestry of “ຫ້າສິບແປດ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lao | ຫ້າ | five |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *haːꟲ | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 五 | — |