Where does “si” come from?

si (Zou) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij — to die.

si (Zou): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “si”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*thii—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *thii →