Where does “*kɤwꟲ” come from?
*kɤwꟲ (Proto-Tai) comes from Middle Chinese 九, from Old Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.
Ancestry of “*kɤwꟲ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 九 | — |
| 2 | Old Chinese | 九 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | d/s-kəw | nine |