Where does “ခွေးအိမ်” come from?
ခွေးအိမ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခွေး, from Old Burmese ခုယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n — dog.
ခွေးအိမ် (Burmese): kennel, doghouse
Definitions
- kennel, doghouse
Ancestry of “ခွေးအိမ်”, step by step
ခွေးအိမ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ခွေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခွေး | dog |
| 2 | Old Burmese | ခုယ်း | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | d-kʷəj-n | dog |
via Burmese အိမ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အိမ် | house |
| 2 | Sino-Tibetan | *k-jim ~ k-jum | — |