Where does “တဆယ်” come from?

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

တဆယ် (Burmese): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “တဆယ်”, step by step

တဆယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တစ်

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

via Burmese ဆယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆယ်ten
2Proto-Sino-Tibetants(j)i(j) ~ tsjajten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-tekEvery word from Burmese တစ်
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