Where does “zo puh” come from?

zo puh (Achang) comes from Achang zo, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ — to eat.

zo puh (Achang): edible frog (presumably the Chinese edible frog)

Definitions

  1. edible frog (presumably the Chinese edible frog)

Ancestry of “zo puh”, step by step

zo puh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Achang zo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Achangzoto eat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*dzaʔto eat

via Achang puh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Achangpuhfrog
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sbalfrog
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ →Every word from Achang zo →