Where does “thin” come from?

thin (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-sin — liver; bitter; bile.

thin (Mizo): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “thin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*thiŋ—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-sinliver; bitter; bile
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-sin →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiŋ →