Where does “cái” come from?

cái (Tày) comes from Proto-Tai ɣaːjᴬ — to put out of the mouth.

cái (Tày): to place something to cross over a vertical or horizontal gap

Definitions

  1. to place something to cross over a vertical or horizontal gap

Ancestry of “cái”, step by step

cái traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai ɣaːjᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiɣaːjᴬto put out of the mouth

via Middle Chinese 街

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese街—

via Chinese 該

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese該—

Words derived from “cái”

Every word from Proto-Tai ɣaːjᴬ →