Where does “*wom” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*wom”, step by step

*wom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-wəmbear

via Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tV-wəm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tibeto-Burman*tV-wəm

Words derived from “*wom

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm