Where does “ui” come from?

ui (Tedim Chin) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n — dog.

ui (Tedim Chin): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ʔuy
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand-kʷəj-ndog
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-nEvery word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔuy
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