Where does “ဆပ်သွားဖူး” come from?

ဆပ်သွားဖူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွား, from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.

ဆပ်သွားဖူး (Burmese): pandan

Definitions

  1. pandan

Ancestry of “ဆပ်သွားဖူး”, step by step

ဆပ်သွားဖူး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွားtooth; to go
2Sino-Tibetan*sV-wa—

via Burmese ဖူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖူးto visit (a shrine, a monk, etc.)
2Sino-Tibetan*ʔ-bu ~ *pu—

via Burmese ဆပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆပ်to repay, pay back (a loan, act of kindness, etc.), do something out of gratitude
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa →Every word from Burmese သွား →