Where does “*lay” come from?
*lay (Proto-Kuki-Chin) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej — tongue.
Ancestry of “*lay”, step by step
*lay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *m/s-laj ~ s-lej | tongue |
via Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-l(e/ə)y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tibeto-Burman | *m-l(e/ə)y | — |