Where does “samvom” come from?

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

samvom (Zou): black hair

Definitions

  1. black hair

Ancestry of “samvom”, step by step

samvom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou sám

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

via Zou vom

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