Where does “sám” come from?

sám (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *sʰam, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam — hair.

sám (Zou): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “sám”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*sʰam—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(t)samhair

Words derived from “sám”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *sʰam →