Where does “chàmvìhāi” come from?
chàmvìhāi (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.
chàmvìhāi (Khiamniungan Naga): student
Definitions
- student
Ancestry of “chàmvìhāi”, step by step
chàmvìhāi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hái
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hái | to pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later... |
| 2 | English | Hi | a short form of Hiram |
| 3 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 4 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 6 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Khiamniungan Naga chàmvì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khiamniungan Naga | chàmvì | education facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally |