Where does “chāisānghái” come from?

chāisānghái (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.

chāisānghái (Khiamniungan Naga): peddlerA peddler is a person who travels from place to place or goes door-to-door selling small goods, often referred to as a hawker or street vendor

Definitions

  1. peddlerA peddler is a person who travels from place to place or goes door-to-door selling small goods, often referred to as a hawker or street vendor

Ancestry of “chāisānghái”, step by step

chāisānghái 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 chāisāng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan NagachāisāngTo sell things
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-