Where does “khāutāi” come from?

khāutāi (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Old Dutch tāi, from Old Dutch tāhi, from Proto-Germanic tanhuz, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

khāutāi (Khiamniungan Naga): a technique to determine the height of the waiting place to hunt tiger

Definitions

  1. a technique to determine the height of the waiting place to hunt tiger

Ancestry of “khāutāi”, step by step

khāutāi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch tāi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtāi—
2Old Dutchtāhi—
3Proto-Germanictanhuzholding together; clinging; sticky; tenacious;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

via Khiamniungan Naga khāu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagakhāutiger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tanhuz →Every word from Old Dutch tāhi →