Where does “ແມ່ແບບ” come from?

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

ແມ່ແບບ (Lao): pattern, prototype, template

Definitions

  1. pattern, prototype, template

Ancestry of “ແມ່ແບບ”, step by step

ແມ່ແບບ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ແມ່

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

via Lao ແບບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoແບບ—
Every word from Proto-Tai meːᴮ →Every word from Lao ແມ່ →