Where does “piching” come from?

piching (Zou) comes from Zou pí, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij — grandmother.

piching (Zou): to be mature

Definitions

  1. to be mature

Ancestry of “piching”, step by step

piching traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou pí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zoupígrandmother
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*pii—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pijgrandmother

via Zou ching

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zouchingspine
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*tsiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii →Every word from Zou pí →