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Where does “ເບີ” come from?

ເບີ (Lao) comes from Thai เบอร์, from Thai นัมเบอร์, from English number, from English numb, from English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman, from Proto-West Germanic neman — to distribute; to give, to take.

ເບີ (Lao): butter; number

Definitions

  1. butter; number

Ancestry of “ເບີ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเบอร์number; telephone number; degree; extent; size
2Thaiนัมเบอร์number
3EnglishnumberAn abstract entity used to describe quantity; A...
4EnglishnumbPhysically unable to feel, not having the power...
5EnglishnimTo take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with...
6Middle Englishnimento take
7Old Englishnimanto take, seize
8Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
9Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
10Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
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