Where does “duzgyau” come from?

duzgyau (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang duz, from Old Chinese 頭.

duzgyau (Zhuang): spider

Definitions

  1. spider

Ancestry of “duzgyau”, step by step

duzgyau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang duz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ZhuangduzClassifier for non-human animals
2Old Chinese頭—

via Zhuang gyau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuanggyauto hand over (an object)
2Middle Chinese交—
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Zhuang duz →