Where does “savawm” come from?

savawm (Mizo) comes from Mizo vawm, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm — bear.

savawm (Mizo): bear (animal)

Definitions

  1. bear (animal)

Ancestry of “savawm”, step by step

savawm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo vawm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizovawmbear (only found in compounds)
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*wom—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-wəmbear

via Mizo sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizosato make, prepare
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom →Every word from Mizo vawm →