Where does “laha yū” come from?

laha yū (Zacatepec Chatino) comes from Proto-Indo-European yū- — to bind, to tie.

laha yū (Zacatepec Chatino): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “laha yū”, step by step

laha yū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yū-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyū-to bind, to tie

via Zacatepec Chatino laha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zacatepec Chatinolahaempty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yū-
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