Where does “samsi” come from?

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

samsi (Zou): comb

Definitions

  1. comb

Ancestry of “samsi”, step by step

samsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou sám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zousámhair
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*sʰam—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan(t)samhair

via Zou *thiʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zou*thiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *sʰam →Every word from Zou sám →