Where does “ແມ່ກະແຈ” come from?

ແມ່ກະແຈ (Lao) comes from Lao ແມ່, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

ແມ່ກະແຈ (Lao): lock

Definitions

  1. lock

Ancestry of “ແມ່ກະແຈ”, step by step

ແມ່ກະແຈ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ແມ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແມ່mother; she-, female; chief, senior
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Lao ກະແຈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoກະແຈkey; lock, padlock
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