Where does “pâisǜ-àu chàmvì” come from?

pâisǜ-àu chàmvì (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Vietnamese chàm, from Proto-Vietic ɟaːm — indigo.

pâisǜ-àu chàmvì (Khiamniungan Naga): botanya branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants

Definitions

  1. botanya branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants

Ancestry of “pâisǜ-àu chàmvì”, step by step

pâisǜ-àu chàmvì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàmindigo; dermatitis
2Proto-Vieticɟaːmindigo

via Khiamniungan Naga pâisǜ-àu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagapâisǜ-àuvegetationplant life collectively, including trees, shrubs, foliage, and other growing plants
2Wauja-pai—
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