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

Definitions

  1. magnet

Ancestry of “ແມ່ເຫຼັກ”, step by step

ແມ່ເຫຼັກ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ເຫຼັກ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເຫຼັກiron
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰlekᴰ¹ˢiron
3Proto-Taiʰlekᴰiron
4Old Chinese鐵—

via Lao ແມ່

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແມ່mother; she-, female; chief, senior
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ →