Where does “pawt sawm” come from?

pawt sawm (Mizo) comes from Mizo sâwm, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *soom.

pawt sawm (Mizo): to rip up, rip or tear into pieces

Definitions

  1. to rip up, rip or tear into pieces

Ancestry of “pawt sawm”, step by step

pawt sawm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo sâwm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizosâwmten
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*soom—

via Mizo pawt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizopawtto pull
Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *soom →Every word from Mizo sâwm →