Where does “ခံတောင်း” come from?

ခံတောင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese တောင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t(j)u(ŋ/n) — short.

ခံတောင်း (Burmese): wide-mouthed, shallow basket used by hawkers to carry their wares

Definitions

  1. wide-mouthed, shallow basket used by hawkers to carry their wares

Ancestry of “ခံတောင်း”, step by step

ခံတောင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တောင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်းbasket; to ask for; short
2Proto-Sino-Tibetant(j)u(ŋ/n)short

via Burmese ခံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခံkaranda, Carissa carandas; to accept; to receive
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t(j)u(ŋ/n) →Every word from Burmese တောင်း →