Where does “slam cooc” come from?

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

slam cooc (Tày): triangle

Definitions

  1. triangle

Ancestry of “slam cooc”, step by step

slam cooc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày slam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyslamthree
2Proto-Taisaːmthree
3Middle Chinese

via Tày coóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycoóc
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai saːmEvery word from Tày slam