Where does “ဂေါက်သီးရိုက်” come from?
ဂေါက်သီးရိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဂေါက်သီး, from Burmese ဂေါက်, from English golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.
ဂေါက်သီးရိုက် (Burmese): to play golf
Definitions
- to play golf
Ancestry of “ဂေါက်သီးရိုက်”, step by step
ဂေါက်သီးရိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဂေါက်သီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဂေါက်သီး | golf ball |
| 2 | Burmese | ဂေါက် | golf |
| 3 | English | golf | A ball game played by individuals competing... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | colve | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kulbaz | round object, lump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via Burmese ရိုက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရိုက် | to hit deliver a blow, strike, beat |