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Where does “*swe²” come from?
*swe² (Proto-Loloish) comes from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *swəj², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ — blood.
Ancestry of “*swe²”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Lolo-Burmese
*swəj²
—
2
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
*swiʔ
blood
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