Where does “yap” come from?

yap (Achang) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp — to stand.

yap (Achang): to stand

Definitions

  1. to stand

Ancestry of “yap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əpto stand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp