Where does “တည်ထောင်” come from?

တည်ထောင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တည်, from Pali tinduka, from Sanskrit तिन्दुक — "Diospyros malabarica".

တည်ထောင် (Burmese): to form, build, establish, found, set up

Definitions

  1. to form, build, establish, found, set up

Ancestry of “တည်ထောင်”, step by step

တည်ထောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တည်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတည်Diospyros burmanica, a species of persimmon; to...
2Palitinduka"Diospyros malabarica"
3Sanskritतिन्दुक"Diospyros malabarica"

via Burmese ထောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand
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