Where does “ငွေတန်ဖိုး” come from?

ငွေတန်ဖိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တန်, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.

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...
3FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
4Old Frenchtonyour
5Latintuusyour
6Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
7Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
8Polishtuhere
9Polishbyćto be
10Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
11Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
12Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

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 meǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťь