Where does “enfiah” come from?

enfiah (Mizo) comes from Mizo en, from Proto-Yeniseian ʔen, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ken — to see.

enfiah (Mizo): to inspect, examine, review

Definitions

  1. to inspect, examine, review

Ancestry of “enfiah”, step by step

enfiah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizoento look at
2Proto-Yeniseianʔennow
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankento see

via Mizo fiah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizofiah—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ken →Every word from Proto-Yeniseian ʔen →Every word from Mizo en →