Where does “ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး” come from?

ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြေး, from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj — copper.

ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး (Burmese): detergent

Definitions

  1. detergent

Ancestry of “ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး”, step by step

ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြေးcopper; brass; bronze
2Old Burmeseကြိယ်း—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetangrəjcopper

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint

via Burmese ချွတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချွတ်to take off, remove (shoes, clothes, hat, etc.)
2Thaiชุดset a number of things or persons grouped or belonging together, often forming a unit or having certain features or characteristics in common
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj →Every word from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း →Every word from Burmese ကြေး →