Where does “ဈေးချို” come from?

ဈေးချို (Burmese) comes from Burmese ချို, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw — horn; angle; corner.

ဈေးချို (Burmese): to be cheap, inexpensive

Definitions

  1. to be cheap, inexpensive

Ancestry of “ဈေးချို”, step by step

ဈေးချို traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ချို

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချိုhorn hard growth of keratin, antler
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəwhorn; angle; corner

via Burmese ဈေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဈေးa market; price
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw →Every word from Burmese ချို →