Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Lolopo) comes from Proto-Loloish *(ʔ)-ne¹, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) — sun.

ni (Lolopo): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Loloish*(ʔ)-ne¹—
2Proto-Lolo-Burmese*ʔnəj¹/³—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)sun
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³ →Every word from Proto-Loloish *(ʔ)-ne¹ →
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