Where does “tui” come from?

tui (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ — water.

tui (Mizo): water; any liquid; to flow

Definitions

  1. water; any liquid; to flow

Ancestry of “tui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*tuy—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-turʔwater

Words derived from “tui”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy →