Where does “pw tsaug zog” come from?

pw tsaug zog (White Hmong) comes from White Hmong tsaug zog, from White Hmong zog, from Old Chinese 力.

pw tsaug zog (White Hmong): to sleep, slumber, snooze

Definitions

  1. to sleep, slumber, snooze

Ancestry of “pw tsaug zog”, step by step

pw tsaug zog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via White Hmong tsaug zog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1White Hmongtsaug zogasleep, sleepy
2White Hmongzogmight, strength, energy, force, power
3Old Chinese力—

via White Hmong pw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1White Hmongpwto sleep; to lie down
2Proto-Hmong-Mienpu̯eiHto sleep, to lie down
Every word from Old Chinese 力 →Every word from White Hmong zog →Every word from White Hmong tsaug zog →