Where does “suav” come from?

suav (White Hmong) comes from Middle Chinese 數, from Old Chinese 數.

suav (White Hmong): to count

Definitions

  1. to count

Ancestry of “suav”, step by step

suav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 數

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese數—
2Old Chinese數—

via Chinese Mandarin 夏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin夏—
Every word from Old Chinese 數 →Every word from Middle Chinese 數 →