Where does “တောက်ပ” come from?

တောက်ပ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တောက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk — poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison.

တောက်ပ (Burmese): bright, brilliant, shining, vivid, luminous, lustrous

Definitions

  1. bright, brilliant, shining, vivid, luminous, lustrous

Ancestry of “တောက်ပ”, step by step

တောက်ပ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောက်to suffer from toxicity, be poisonous
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison

via Burmese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseto emit radiance, shine
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk