Where does “aek” come from?
aek (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai ʔɤkᴰ, from Old Chinese 臆.
aek (Zhuang): chest; breast; thorax; heart; capacity for...
Definitions
- chest; breast; thorax; heart; capacity for...
Ancestry of “aek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tai | ʔɤkᴰ | chest |
| 2 | Old Chinese | 臆 | — |