Where does “ခြေအိတ်” come from?

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

ခြေအိတ် (Burmese): socks

Definitions

  1. socks

Ancestry of “ခြေအိတ်”, step by step

ခြေအိတ် 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 အိတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအိတ်bag flexible container; sack
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