Where does “ʼy” come from?

ʼy (Xingú Asuriní) comes from Proto-Hmong-Mien ʔɨ, from Old Chinese 一.

ʼy (Xingú Asuriní): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “ʼy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hmong-Mienʔɨone
2Old Chinese一—
Every word from Old Chinese 一 →Every word from Proto-Hmong-Mien ʔɨ →
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