Where does “gaggaj” come from?

gaggaj (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang gaj, from Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ — to kill.

gaggaj (Zhuang): to commit suicide

Definitions

  1. to commit suicide

Ancestry of “gaggaj”, step by step

gaggaj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang gaj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuanggajto kill; to slaughter
2Proto-Tai*qaːꟲto kill

via Proto-Indo-European gag-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangag-small round object
Every word from Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ →Every word from Zhuang gaj →