Where does “chìetsìk” come from?

chìetsìk (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsik — joint, section.

chìetsìk (Khiamniungan Naga): To produce charcoal

Definitions

  1. To produce charcoal

Ancestry of “chìetsìk”, step by step

chìetsìk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetantsikjoint, section

via Khiamniungan Naga chìe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagachìecharcoalimpure form of graphitic carbon, obtained as a residue when carbonaceous material is partially burned, or heated with limited access of air
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