Where does “ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး” come from?

ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွေး, from Old Burmese သုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ — blood.

ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး (Burmese): to display one's good qualities boastfully, blow one's own trumpet

Definitions

  1. to display one's good qualities boastfully, blow one's own trumpet

Ancestry of “ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး”, step by step

ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွေးblood
2Old Burmeseသုယ်blood
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*swiʔblood

via Burmese ကိုယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုယ်torso
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-kəwbody; chest; thorax; corpse

via Burmese ရည်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim
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