Where does “တစ်ခါတစ်လေ” come from?

တစ်ခါတစ်လေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese လေ, from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

တစ်ခါတစ်လေ (Burmese): sometimes

Definitions

  1. sometimes

Ancestry of “တစ်ခါတစ်လေ”, step by step

တစ်ခါတစ်လေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလေwind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:...
2Old Burmeseလိယ်—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese တစ်ခါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတစ်ခါonce
2Burmeseတစ်one
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-tekone
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေ →