Where does “daekmax” come from?
daekmax (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang max, from Proto-Tai *maːꟲ, from Middle Chinese 馬.
daekmax (Zhuang): praying mantis
Ancestry of “daekmax”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Zhuang | max | horse |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *maːꟲ | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 馬 | — |