Where does “pi” come from?

pi (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij — grandmother.

pi (Mizo): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “pi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*pii—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pijgrandmother
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii →
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