Where does “ခြေဖဝါး” come from?

ခြေဖဝါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖဝါး, from Burmese ဝါး, from Proto-Loloish wa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-pʷal — snow; ice; frost; hail.

ခြေဖဝါး (Burmese): sole (of the foot)

Definitions

  1. sole (of the foot)

Ancestry of “ခြေဖဝါး”, step by step

ခြေဖဝါး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖဝါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖဝါးsole (of the foot); palm (of the hand)
2Burmeseဝါးto chew, masticate
3Proto-Loloishwa²snow
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-pʷalsnow; ice; frost; hail

via Burmese ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-pʷal →Every word from Proto-Loloish wa² →Every word from Burmese ဝါး →