Where does “siːᴮ” come from?

siːᴮ (Proto-Tai) comes from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

siːᴮ (Proto-Tai): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “siːᴮ”, step by step

siːᴮ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 四

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese四—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

via Late Middle Chinese 四

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Middle Chinese四—

Words derived from “siːᴮ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Middle Chinese 四 →