Where does “mwngz ndei” come from?

mwngz ndei (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang mwngz, from Proto-Tai mɯŋᴬ — you; singular second-person pronoun.

mwngz ndei (Zhuang): hello

Definitions

  1. hello

Ancestry of “mwngz ndei”, step by step

mwngz ndei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang mwngz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmwngzyou
2Proto-Taimɯŋᴬyou; singular second-person pronoun

via Chinese 你好

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese你好hello; hi
Every word from Proto-Tai mɯŋᴬ →Every word from Zhuang mwngz →