Where does “slam” come from?

slam (Tày) comes from Proto-Tai saːm, from Middle Chinese 三.

slam (Tày): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “slam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taisaːmthree
2Middle Chinese三—

Words derived from “slam”

Every word from Middle Chinese 三 →Every word from Proto-Tai saːm →
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