Where does “hlêp” come from?

hlêp (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *hlep, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lep — butterfly.

hlêp (Mizo): to cut off (for harvesting etc.)

Definitions

  1. to cut off (for harvesting etc.)

Ancestry of “hlêp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*hlep—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlepbutterfly

Words derived from “hlêp”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lep →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *hlep →
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