Where does “inn” come from?

inn (Tedim Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum.

inn (Tedim Chin): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “inn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ʔim—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*k-jim ~ k-jum—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim →