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

  1. student

Ancestry of “chàmvìhāi”, step by step

chàmvìhāi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
2EnglishHia short form of Hiram
3EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
4Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
5Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
6Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
7Proto-West Germanichaimhome
8Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Khiamniungan Naga chàmvì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagachàmvìeducation facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-
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