Where does “long” come from?

long (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *looŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ — boat.

long (Mizo): boat

Definitions

  1. boat

Ancestry of “long”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*looŋ—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-lawŋboat
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *looŋ →