The story
- Cantonese · derived from囉 /啰
- Hokkien · derived from了
- English todaywin liao lor
win + liao (perfective aspect and change of state marker) + lor (final particle used to express resignation), from Hokkien 了 (liâu) and Cantonese 囉 /啰 (lo¹) respectively.
Words from the same roots
Hokkien了 all →
liaodie liao
Cantonese囉 all →
lor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.