Where does “တောင်ခြေ” come from?

တောင်ခြေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြေ, from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.

တောင်ခြေ (Burmese): foot of a hill or mountain

Definitions

  1. foot of a hill or mountain

Ancestry of “တောင်ခြေ”, step by step

တောင်ခြေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Burmese တောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်mountain; south; a cubit
2Proto-Tibeto-Burmanm/r-duŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj →Every word from Burmese ကြွေ →Every word from Burmese ခြေ →