Where does “ခြေစွပ်” come from?

ခြေစွပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြေ, from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.

ခြေစွပ် (Burmese): sock, stocking

Definitions

  1. sock, stocking

Ancestry of “ခြေစွပ်”, step by step

ခြေစွပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Burmese စွပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစွပ်to put on
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