Where does “pâitsō-īe” come from?

pâitsō-īe (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Livonian īe, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

pâitsō-īe (Khiamniungan Naga): A dead tree that remains standing upright, its trunk still intact though leafless and often with branches broken off

Definitions

  1. A dead tree that remains standing upright, its trunk still intact though leafless and often with branches broken off

Ancestry of “pâitsō-īe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianīenight
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Livonian īe →
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