Where does “cháipāutsānghái” come from?

cháipāutsānghái (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.

cháipāutsānghái (Khiamniungan Naga): accountantA reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)

Definitions

  1. accountantA reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)

Ancestry of “cháipāutsānghái”, step by step

cháipāutsānghái traces back through 3 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 chái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagacháimoney A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value

via Khiamniungan Naga pāutsāng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagapāutsāngcare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-