Where does “li” come from?

li (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

li (Zou): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “li”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*lii—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *lii →