Where does “we wu” come from?

we wu (Jingpho) comes from Burmese ဝက်အူ, from Burmese ဝက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak — pig.

we wu (Jingpho): screw

Definitions

  1. screw

Ancestry of “we wu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝက်အူscrew
2Burmeseဝက်pig; to halve
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak →Every word from Burmese ဝက် →Every word from Burmese ဝက်အူ →