Where does “okdaeuj” come from?

okdaeuj (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang daeuj, from Middle Chinese 斗.

okdaeuj (Zhuang): to come out

Definitions

  1. to come out

Ancestry of “okdaeuj”, step by step

okdaeuj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang daeuj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangdaeujto come; dipper
2Middle Chinese斗—

via Proto-Indo-European ok-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanok-to think, intend, purpose
Every word from Middle Chinese 斗 →