Where does “ခြေညှိုး” come from?

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

ခြေညှိုး (Burmese): the second toe

Definitions

  1. the second toe

Ancestry of “ခြေညှိုး”, step by step

ခြေညှိုး 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 ညှိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseညှိုးto fade, wither, wilt
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj →Every word from Burmese ကြွေ →Every word from Burmese ခြေ →