Where does “ui” come from?

ui (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n — dog.

ui (Mizo): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ʔuy—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand-kʷəj-ndog
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy →