Where does “zwis” come from?

zwis (Achang) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tswaj — tooth, tusk.

zwis (Achang): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “zwis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-tswajtooth, tusk
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tswaj
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