Where does “ngathu” come from?

ngathu (Zou) comes from Zou ngá, from Chinese ŋaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas.

ngathu (Zou): fermented fish

Definitions

  1. fermented fish

Ancestry of “ngathu”, step by step

ngathu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou ngá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zoungáfive
2Chineseŋaʔ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ŋas—

via Zou thuá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zouthuá—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas →Every word from Chinese ŋaʔ →Every word from Zou ngá →