Where does “hāimēi” come from?

hāimēi (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Navajo -HAI, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy — winter.

hāimēi (Khiamniungan Naga): frienda person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

Definitions

  1. frienda person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

Ancestry of “hāimēi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-HAIa winter, a year passes; {|...
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣αywinter

Words derived from “hāimēi”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy →Every word from Navajo -HAI →