Where does “อมา-อิ” come from?

อมา-อิ (Eastern Lawa) comes from Proto-Palaungic *-meːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer klmiəʔ — sugar cane.

อมา-อิ (Eastern Lawa): sugarcane

Definitions

  1. sugarcane

Ancestry of “อมา-อิ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Palaungic*-meːʔsugar cane
2Proto-Mon-Khmerklmiəʔsugar cane
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer klmiəʔ →Every word from Proto-Palaungic *-meːʔ →