Where does “vunzsoq” come from?

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

vunzsoq (Zhuang): number of people

Definitions

  1. number of people

Ancestry of “vunzsoq”, step by step

vunzsoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang soq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangsoqnumber; countable quantity
2Middle Chinese數—
3Old Chinese數—

via Zhuang vunz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangvunzperson; someone; people; others
2Proto-Taiɢwɯnᴬhuman being, person; human; person; human being;...
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