Where does “တိုက်အိမ်” come from?

တိုက်အိမ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese အိမ်, from Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum.

တိုက်အိမ် (Burmese): brick building

Definitions

  1. brick building

Ancestry of “တိုက်အိမ်”, step by step

တိုက်အိမ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အိမ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအိမ်house
2Sino-Tibetan*k-jim ~ k-jum—

via Burmese တိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတိုက်continent; brick building; building for a...
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