Where does “ra” come from?

ra (Zhuang) comes from Proto-Tai kraᴬ — to seek.

ra (Zhuang): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “ra”, step by step

ra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai kraᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taikraᴬto seek

via Proto-Tai p.taːᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taip.taːᴬeye
Every word from Proto-Tai kraᴬ