Where does “สิบสี่” come from?
สิบสี่ (Thai) comes from Thai สี่, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
สิบสี่ (Thai): 14; fourteen
Ancestry of “สิบสี่”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สี่ | 4; four |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | siːᴮ | four |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |