Where does “kōilíutông” come from?
kōilíutông (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese tông, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
kōilíutông (Khiamniungan Naga): tree stump
Definitions
- tree stump
Ancestry of “kōilíutông”, step by step
kōilíutông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tông
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tông | tone, shade; tone; tribe |
| 2 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 3 | Old French | ton | your |
| 4 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Khiamniungan Naga kōilíu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khiamniungan Naga | kōilíu | pollardAn act of cutting the tops of trees back so that the tree then grows a small mass of branches close togethe |