Where does “ເກີບມ້າ” come from?

ເກີບມ້າ (Lao) comes from Lao ມ້າ, from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ, from Middle Chinese 馬.

ເກີບມ້າ (Lao): horseshoe

Definitions

  1. horseshoe

Ancestry of “ເກີບມ້າ”, step by step

ເກີບມ້າ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ມ້າ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoມ້າhorse
2Proto-Tai*maːꟲhorse
3Middle Chinese

via Lao ເກີບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເກີບshoe
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai *maːꟲEvery word from Lao ມ້າ