Where does “” come from?

ꃰ (Sichuan Yi) comes from Proto-Loloish wa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-pʷal — snow; ice; frost; hail.

(Sichuan Yi): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Loloishwa²snow
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-pʷalsnow; ice; frost; hail
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-pʷalEvery word from Proto-Loloish wa²