Where does “rêl chawlhhmun” come from?

rêl chawlhhmun (Mizo) comes from Mizo châwl, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsool.

rêl chawlhhmun (Mizo): railway station, train station

Definitions

  1. railway station, train station

Ancestry of “rêl chawlhhmun”, step by step

rêl chawlhhmun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo châwl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizochâwlto rest
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*tsool—

via Mizo hmun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizohmunplace, site
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*hmun—
Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsool →Every word from Mizo châwl →