Where does “hāimēinyū” come from?

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

hāimēinyū (Khiamniungan Naga): best friend, also refers to a girlfriend

Definitions

  1. best friend, also refers to a girlfriend

Ancestry of “hāimēinyū”, step by step

hāimēinyū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khiamniungan Naga hāimēi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagahāimēifrienda person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family
2Navajo-HAIa winter, a year passes; {|...
3Proto-Athabaskan*x̣αywinter

via Khiamniungan Naga nyū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Naganyūlanguage
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy →Every word from Navajo -HAI →Every word from Khiamniungan Naga hāimēi →