Where does “ເຈັດສິບຫົກ” come from?
ເຈັດສິບຫົກ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫົກ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *xrokᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai krokᴰ, from Old Chinese 六.
ເຈັດສິບຫົກ (Lao): seventy-six
Ancestry of “ເຈັດສິບຫົກ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lao | ຫົກ | six |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | *xrokᴰ¹ˢ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | krokᴰ | six |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 六 | — |