Where does “kangvasa” come from?

kangvasa (Zou) comes from Zou kȁngva̋, from Zou va̋, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

kangvasa (Zou): swan meat

Definitions

  1. swan meat

Ancestry of “kangvasa”, step by step

kangvasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou kȁngva̋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zoukȁngva̋swan
2Zouva̋bird
3Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl

via Zou sa̋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zousa̋to be hot
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*saa—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →Every word from Zou va̋ →