Where does “aen” come from?

aen (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai ʔalᴬ — "classifier for things".

aen (Zhuang): tool; utensil; appliance

Definitions

  1. tool; utensil; appliance

Ancestry of “aen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiʔalᴬ"classifier for things"
Every word from Proto-Tai ʔalᴬ