Where does “chui milia” come from?

chui milia (Swahili) comes from English Chui, from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs.

chui milia (Swahili): tiger

Definitions

  1. tiger

Ancestry of “chui milia”, step by step

chui milia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChui—
2Proto-Vietic*k-cuːs—

via Swahili milia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimiliaplural of mlia
Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-cuːs →Every word from English Chui →