Where does “ခြင်ထောင်” come from?

ခြင်ထောင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kraŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ — ox; elephant; poplar.

ခြင်ထောင် (Burmese): mosquito net

Definitions

  1. mosquito net

Ancestry of “ခြင်ထောင်”, step by step

ခြင်ထောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြင်mosquito; to measure
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankraŋmosquito
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanglaŋox; elephant; poplar

via Burmese ထောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kraŋ →Every word from Burmese ခြင် →