Where does “ကြည့်ရှု” come from?
ကြည့်ရှု (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj — fly (insect).
ကြည့်ရှု (Burmese): to look (at)
Definitions
- to look (at)
Ancestry of “ကြည့်ရှု”, step by step
ကြည့်ရှု traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ရ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရ | to succeed, manage, be able; to be permitted, be... |
| 2 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *roaj | fly (insect) |
via Burmese ကြည့်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြည့် | to look to try to see, look at |