Where does “ခြေထောက်” come from?
ခြေထောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြေ, from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.
ခြေထောက် (Burmese): leg
Ancestry of “ခြေထောက်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | ခြေ | leg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to... |
| 2 | Burmese | ကြွေ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | kroj | shellfish |