Where does “pâichàmthòk” come from?

pâichàmthòk (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Old Swedish thok, from Middle Low German doch, from Old Saxon thōh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pâichàmthòk (Khiamniungan Naga): autumntraditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern He

Definitions

  1. autumntraditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern He

Ancestry of “pâichàmthòk”, step by step

pâichàmthòk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish thok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishthok
2Middle Low Germandoch
3Old Saxonthōh
4Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Vietnamese chàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàmindigo; dermatitis
2Proto-Vieticɟaːmindigo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic þauh