Where does “ngwzdoeg” come from?

ngwzdoeg (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang ngwz, from Proto-Tai ŋwɯːᴬ — snake.

ngwzdoeg (Zhuang): venomous snake

Definitions

  1. venomous snake

Ancestry of “ngwzdoeg”, step by step

ngwzdoeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang ngwz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangngwzsnake
2Proto-Taiŋwɯːᴬsnake

via Zhuang doeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangdoegto read
2Chinese讀—
Every word from Proto-Tai ŋwɯːᴬ →Every word from Zhuang ngwz →