Where does “vasa” come from?

vasa (Zou) comes from Zou va̋, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

vasa (Zou): meat of a bird

Definitions

  1. meat of a bird

Ancestry of “vasa”, step by step

vasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zou va̋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zouva̋bird
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl

via Proto-Nguni sá-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunisá-Class 7 possessive concord
2Proto-Bantukíá-Class 7 possessive concord
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →Every word from Zou va̋ →