Where does “ngoenzlwenz” come from?

ngoenzlwenz (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang ngoenz, from Proto-Tai ŋwanᴬ — daytime.

ngoenzlwenz (Zhuang): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “ngoenzlwenz”, step by step

ngoenzlwenz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang ngoenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangngoenzday; daytime; day
2Proto-Taiŋwanᴬdaytime

via Zhuang lwenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuanglwenz—
Every word from Proto-Tai ŋwanᴬ →Every word from Zhuang ngoenz →