Where does “ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ” come from?

ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ (Lao) comes from Lao ເກົ້າ, from Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ, from Middle Chinese 九, from Old Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.

ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ (Lao): seventy-nine

Definitions

  1. seventy-nine

Ancestry of “ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ”, step by step

ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເກົ້າ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເກົ້າnine; head; headhair
2Proto-Tai*kɤwꟲnine
3Middle Chinese
4Old Chinese
5Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

via Lao ເຈັດ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເຈັດseven
2Proto-Taicetᴰseven
3Middle Chinese

via Lao ສິບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສິບten
2Middle Chinese
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