Where does “gangj” come from?

gangj (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 鯁.

gangj (Zhuang): fishbone

Definitions

  1. fishbone

Ancestry of “gangj”, step by step

gangj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*kaːŋꟲ—
2Middle Chinese鯁—

via Middle Chinese 講

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese講—

Words derived from “gangj”

Every word from Middle Chinese 鯁 →Every word from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ →