Where does “ahtui” come from?

ahtui (Zou) comes from Zou tûi, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ — water.

ahtui (Zou): chicken egg

Definitions

  1. chicken egg

Ancestry of “ahtui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zoutûiwater
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*tuy—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-turʔwater
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuy →Every word from Zou tûi →