Where does “gouj” come from?
gouj (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ, from Middle Chinese 九, from Old Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.
gouj (Zhuang): nine
Ancestry of “gouj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tai | *kɤwꟲ | — |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 九 | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 九 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | d/s-kəw | nine |