Where does “vate” come from?

vate (Falam Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

vate (Falam Chin): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “vate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →