Where does “ເຄື່ອງຄິດເລກ” come from?

ເຄື່ອງຄິດເລກ (Lao) comes from Lao ເລກ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *lɤkᴰˢ⁴, from Proto-Tai lɤkᴰ — deep.

ເຄື່ອງຄິດເລກ (Lao): calculator

Definitions

  1. calculator

Ancestry of “ເຄື່ອງຄິດເລກ”, step by step

ເຄື່ອງຄິດເລກ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເລກ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເລກnumber, numeral; lottery
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*lɤkᴰˢ⁴
3Proto-Tailɤkᴰdeep

via Lao ເຄື່ອງ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເຄື່ອງthing; device

via Lao ຄິດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຄິດ
Every word from Proto-Tai lɤkᴰEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *lɤkᴰˢ⁴Every word from Lao ເລກ