Where does “တစ်ဝန်း” come from?

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

တစ်ဝန်း (Burmese): entire, the whole (country, region, etc.)

Definitions

  1. entire, the whole (country, region, etc.)

Ancestry of “တစ်ဝန်း”, step by step

တစ်ဝန်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တစ်

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

via Burmese ဝန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝန်းround, circular; surrounding
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-tek →Every word from Burmese တစ် →