Where does “gai” come from?

gai (Zhuang) comes from Chinese 街, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r/g-wa — village.

gai (Zhuang): street; to sell

Definitions

  1. street; to sell

Ancestry of “gai”, step by step

gai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 街

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese街—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr/g-wavillage

via Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*p.qaːjᴬto sell
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r/g-wa →Every word from Chinese 街 →