Where does “*thii” come from?

*thii (Proto-Kuki-Chin) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij — to die.

Ancestry of “*thii”, step by step

*thii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die

via Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-hywəy-t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tibeto-Burman*s-hywəy-t

Words derived from “*thii

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij