Where does “တောသူတောင်သား” come from?

တောသူတောင်သား (Burmese) comes from Burmese သား, from Old Burmese သဟ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.

တောသူတောင်သား (Burmese): villager, country people

Definitions

  1. villager, country people

Ancestry of “တောသူတောင်သား”, step by step

တောသူတောင်သား traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသားson; meat, flesh
2Old Burmeseသဟ်son
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece

via Burmese သူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသူhe; she; it
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansu ~ s-luwho; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...

via Burmese တောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်mountain; south; a cubit
2Proto-Tibeto-Burmanm/r-duŋ
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔEvery word from Old Burmese သဟ်Every word from Burmese သား
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