Where does “lei” come from?

lei (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej — tongue.

lei (Zou): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “lei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*lay—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*m/s-laj ~ s-lejtongue
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay →