Where does “bjoóc ngậu” come from?

bjoóc ngậu (Tày) comes from Tày bjoóc, from Proto-Tai ɓloːkᴰ — flower.

bjoóc ngậu (Tày): lotus (flower)

Definitions

  1. lotus (flower)

Ancestry of “bjoóc ngậu”, step by step

bjoóc ngậu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày bjoóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàybjoócflower
2Proto-Taiɓloːkᴰflower

via Tày ngậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyngậushadow
Every word from Proto-Tai ɓloːkᴰ →Every word from Tày bjoóc →