Where does “sawmthum” come from?

sawmthum (Zou) comes from Zou thum, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

sawmthum (Zou): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “sawmthum”, step by step

sawmthum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou thum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zouthumthree
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*thum—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree

via Zou sàwm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zousàwmten
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*soom—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum →Every word from Zou thum →