Where does “ခြေထောက်” come from?

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

ခြေထောက် (Burmese): leg

Definitions

  1. leg

Ancestry of “ခြေထောက်”, step by step

ခြေထောက် 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 ထောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောက်to prop up, support

Words derived from “ခြေထောက်

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krojEvery word from Burmese ကြွေEvery word from Burmese ခြေ