Where does “mit” come from?

mit (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək — eye.

mit (Zou): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “mit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*mik—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mjəkeye
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik →