Where does “ah” come from?

ah (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar, from Proto-Vietic haːr, from Proto-Bahnaric ɓaːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓaar.

ah (Zou): fowl

Definitions

  1. fowl

Ancestry of “ah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*ʔaar—
2Proto-Vietichaːrtwo
3Proto-Bahnaricɓaːr—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɓaar—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓaar →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric ɓaːr →Every word from Proto-Vietic haːr →