Where does “jhĭt” come from?

jhĭt (Bih) comes from Proto-Chamic *jahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

jhĭt (Bih): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “jhĭt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*jahitto sew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →Every word from Proto-Chamic *jahit →