Where does “mehmbwk” come from?

mehmbwk (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang meh, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

mehmbwk (Zhuang): woman; female

Definitions

  1. woman; female

Ancestry of “mehmbwk”, step by step

mehmbwk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang meh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmehmother; woman; female; main; principal
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Zhuang mbwk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmbwkbig; large
2Proto-Tai*ɓɯːkᴰ—
Every word from Proto-Tai meːᴮ →Every word from Zhuang meh →