Where does “soq” come from?

soq (Zhuang) comes from Middle Chinese 數, from Old Chinese 數.

soq (Zhuang): number; countable quantity

Definitions

  1. number; countable quantity

Ancestry of “soq”, step by step

soq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 數

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese數—
2Old Chinese數—

via Proto-Mon-Khmer sək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmersək—

Words derived from “soq”

Every word from Old Chinese 數 →Every word from Middle Chinese 數 →
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