Where does “lam” come from?

lam (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lam, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

lam (Mizo): way, path, direction

Definitions

  1. way, path, direction

Ancestry of “lam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*lam—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lam →