Where does “cái hin” come from?

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

cái hin (Tày): kilometer

Definitions

  1. kilometer

Ancestry of “cái hin”, step by step

cái hin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày cái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycáito place something to cross over a vertical or horizontal gap
2Proto-Taiɣaːjᴬto put out of the mouth

via Tày hin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyhin—
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣaːjᴬ →Every word from Tày cái →