Where does “kōilíutông” come from?
kōilíutông (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese tông, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być — to be able.
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 | tuus | your |
| 5 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 6 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 7 | Polish | tu | here |
| 8 | Polish | być | to be |
| 9 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 10 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
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 |