Where does “vawm” come from?

vawm (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm — bear.

vawm (Mizo): bear (only found in compounds)

Definitions

  1. bear (only found in compounds)

Ancestry of “vawm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*wom—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-wəmbear

Words derived from “vawm”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom →