Where does “ແມ່ເຫຼັກ” come from?
ແມ່ເຫຼັກ (Lao) comes from Lao ເຫຼັກ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰ, from Old Chinese 鐵.
ແມ່ເຫຼັກ (Lao): magnet
Ancestry of “ແມ່ເຫຼັກ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lao | ເຫຼັກ | iron |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ | iron |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | ʰlekᴰ | iron |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 鐵 | — |