Where does “တချို့” come from?

တချို့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တစ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-tek — one.

တချို့ (Burmese): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “တချို့”, step by step

တချို့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတစ်one
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-tekone

via Burmese အချို့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအချို့some
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-tek →Every word from Burmese တစ် →