Where does “ဆင်တူ” come from?
ဆင်တူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆင်, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese tsaŋ, from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 象, from Old Chinese 象 — elephant.
ဆင်တူ (Burmese): to be similar, be alike
Ancestry of “ဆင်တူ”, step by step
ဆင်တူ traces back through two 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 |
via Burmese တူ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တူ | hammer; chopsticks; nephew |
| 2 | Pali | tulā | beam or pole for balancing and carrying or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तुला | balance, scales; weight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |