Where does “ငွေတန်ဖိုး” come from?

ငွေတန်ဖိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တန်, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.

ငွေတန်ဖိုး (Burmese): purchasing power

Definitions

  1. purchasing power

Ancestry of “ငွေတန်ဖိုး”, step by step

ငွေတန်ဖိုး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတန်to be worth
2EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
3EnglishtunA large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the...
4Middle Englishtunnecask; barrel
5Old Englishtunnebarrel, cask
6Proto-Germanictunnǭ—
7Latintunnatun, box
8Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
9Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
10Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Burmese ငွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငွေsilver; money
2Old Burmeseငုယ်silver
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Burmese အဖိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအဖိုးprice
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpəwprice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tondā →