Where does “ကျွတ်” come from?

ကျွတ် (Burmese) comes from English tube, from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

ကျွတ် (Burmese): to be free (from all restrictions), be unfettered, be untrammeled

Definitions

  1. to be free (from all restrictions), be unfettered, be untrammeled

Ancestry of “ကျွတ်”, step by step

ကျွတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
2Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
3Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
4LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*lotto get loose

Words derived from “ကျွတ်

Every word from Latin tuba