Where does “va” come from?

va (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

va (Mizo): bird (only found in compounds)

Definitions

  1. bird (only found in compounds)

Ancestry of “va”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl

Words derived from “va”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →