Where does “rimawi” come from?

rimawi (Mizo) comes from Mizo mawi, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mǒoy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(r)əj — to be beautiful, pretty.

rimawi (Mizo): music

Definitions

  1. music

Ancestry of “rimawi”, step by step

rimawi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo mawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizomawibeautiful, pretty
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*mǒoy—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*m(r)əjto be beautiful, pretty

via Mizo ri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizoriboundary, border
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(r)əj →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mǒoy →Every word from Mizo mawi →