Where does “thum” come from?

thum (Tedim Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

thum (Tedim Chin): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “thum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*thum—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum →