Where does “nih” come from?

nih (Tedim Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ni, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s — two.

nih (Tedim Chin): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “nih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ni—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-ni-stwo
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ni →
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