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Where does “lám” come from?

lám (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lam, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

Ancestry of “lám”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*lam—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path
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