Where does “tay” come from?

tay (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic siː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sii(ʔ).

tay (Middle Vietnamese): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “tay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticsiːarm, hand
2Proto-Mon-Khmersii(ʔ)—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sii(ʔ) →Every word from Proto-Vietic siː →