Where does “စစ်ဆင်ရေး” come from?
စစ်ဆင်ရေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆင်, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese tsaŋ, from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 象, from Old Chinese 象 — elephant.
စစ်ဆင်ရေး (Burmese): campaign, operation
Definitions
- campaign, operation
Ancestry of “စစ်ဆင်ရေး”, step by step
စစ်ဆင်ရေး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဆင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆင် | elephant; a piece, which moves like a bishop,... |
| 2 | Proto-Lolo-Burmese | tsaŋ | elephant |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | *ɟaːŋꟲ | elephant |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 象 | elephant; image, resemblance |
| 5 | Old Chinese | 象 | elephant |