Where does “pâichàmsūo” come from?

pâichàmsūo (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Livonian sūo, from Proto-Finnic soo, from Proto-Uralic towe — lake, pond.

pâichàmsūo (Khiamniungan Naga): Japanese spindle: an evergreen shrub of the family Celastraceae. Euonymus japonicus

Definitions

  1. Japanese spindle: an evergreen shrub of the family Celastraceae. Euonymus japonicus

Ancestry of “pâichàmsūo”, step by step

pâichàmsūo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian sūo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniansūobog; marsh; swamp
2Proto-Finnicsooswamp, marsh, bog
3Proto-Uralictowelake, pond

via Vietnamese chàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàmindigo; dermatitis
2Proto-Vieticɟaːmindigo
Every word from Proto-Uralic towe →Every word from Proto-Finnic soo →Every word from Livonian sūo →