Where does “ကြက်ခြေထောက်” come from?

ကြက်ခြေထောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြေထောက်, from Burmese ခြေ, from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.

ကြက်ခြေထောက် (Burmese): chicken feet

Definitions

  1. chicken feet

Ancestry of “ကြက်ခြေထောက်”, step by step

ကြက်ခြေထောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြေထောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေထောက်leg
2Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
3Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
4Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Burmese ကြက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြက်chicken, fowl
2Proto-Sino-Tibetank-rakchicken, fowl
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krojEvery word from Burmese ကြွေEvery word from Burmese ခြေ