Where does “tak” come from?

tak (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tək — to weave, to plait.

tak (Mizo): real

Definitions

  1. real

Ancestry of “tak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*takto weave
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*təkto weave, to plait
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tək →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tak →
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