Where does “ꂪ” come from?

ꂪ (Sichuan Yi) comes from Proto-Loloish ʔmri², from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-m(r)aj², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lməj — tail.

ꂪ (Sichuan Yi): tail; end; final thing; last one

Definitions

  1. tail; end; final thing; last one

Ancestry of “ꂪ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Loloishʔmri²tail
2Proto-Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-m(r)aj²—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*lməjtail
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lməj →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-m(r)aj² →Every word from Proto-Loloish ʔmri² →