Where does “တပ်မှူး” come from?

တပ်မှူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တပ်, from Mon ဒပ်.

တပ်မှူး (Burmese): commander, commanding officer

Definitions

  1. commander, commanding officer

Ancestry of “တပ်မှူး”, step by step

တပ်မှူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတပ်to fix, attach
2Monဒပ်—

via Burmese မှူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှူး}} to lead, direct
Every word from Mon ဒပ် →Every word from Burmese တပ် →