Where does “sawmnga” come from?

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

sawmnga (Zou): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “sawmnga”, step by step

sawmnga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou ngá

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

via Zou sàwm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zousàwmten
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*soom—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas →Every word from Chinese ŋaʔ →Every word from Zou ngá →