Where does “ကြည့်ရှုသူ” come from?

ကြည့်ရှုသူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြည့်ရှု, from Burmese ရ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj — fly (insect).

ကြည့်ရှုသူ (Burmese): viewer, spectator

Definitions

  1. viewer, spectator

Ancestry of “ကြည့်ရှုသူ”, step by step

ကြည့်ရှုသူ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြည့်ရှု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြည့်ရှုto look (at)
2Burmeseရto succeed, manage, be able; to be permitted, be...
3Proto-Austroasiatic*roajfly (insect)

via Burmese သူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသူhe; she; it
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansu ~ s-luwho; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj →