เหลน

From Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (“great-grandchild”).^[1] Southwestern Tai languages have tone A such as Thai เหลน [leːnᴬ¹] probably due to contamination from Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“grandchild”).^[2]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ເຫຼນ (nrē) or ເຫຼັນ (len), Lü ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), Shan လိၼ် (lǐn).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang laenj.

เหลน • (lěen) (classifier คน)

1. great-grandchild.

• (descendants) ผู้สืบสันดาน (pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan); ลูก (lûuk, “child”), หลาน (lǎan, “grandchild”), เหลน (lěen, “great-grandchild”), ลื่อ (lʉ̂ʉ, “great-great-grandchild”), ลืบ (lʉ̂ʉp, “great-great-great-grandchild”), ลืด (lʉ̂ʉt, “great-great-great-great-grandchild”) ^{(Category: th:Family)}