Where does “တောင်ထိပ်” come from?
တောင်ထိပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တောင်, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman m/r-duŋ.
တောင်ထိပ် (Burmese): hilltop, mountain peak
Definitions
- hilltop, mountain peak
Ancestry of “တောင်ထိပ်”, step by step
တောင်ထိပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တောင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တောင် | mountain; south; a cubit |
| 2 | Proto-Tibeto-Burman | m/r-duŋ | — |
via Burmese ထိပ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ထိပ် | crown of head |