Where does “bohmeh” come from?

bohmeh (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang meh, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

bohmeh (Zhuang): parents; father and mother

Definitions

  1. parents; father and mother

Ancestry of “bohmeh”, step by step

bohmeh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang meh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmehmother; woman; female; main; principal
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Zhuang boh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangbohfather
2Proto-Taiboːᴮnot; father
Every word from Proto-Tai meːᴮ →Every word from Zhuang meh →
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