Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *nii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) — sun.

ni (Mizo): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

ni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Kuki-Chin *nii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*nii—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)sun

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*nito sit

Words derived from “ni”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *nii →
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