Where does “duhndaem” come from?

duhndaem (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang duh, from Middle Chinese 豆 — bean.

duhndaem (Zhuang): black soybean

Definitions

  1. black soybean

Ancestry of “duhndaem”, step by step

duhndaem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang duh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangduhbean; pea; nut
2Middle Chinese豆bean

via Zhuang ndaem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangndaemblack
2Proto-Taiɗamᴬto dive
Every word from Middle Chinese 豆 →Every word from Zhuang duh →
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