Where does “တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော” come from?

တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော (Burmese) comes from Burmese တီး, from English TEA, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော (Burmese): to prattle, speak nonstop, speak baby talk or pillow talk

Definitions

  1. to prattle, speak nonstop, speak baby talk or pillow talk

Ancestry of “တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော”, step by step

တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတီးto play (a musical instrument)
2EnglishTEATraining and employment agency; Acronym of...
3Dutchtheetea
4Malaytehtea
5Malayputihwhite
6Classical Malayputihwhite
7Proto-Malayicputihwhite
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Burmese တာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတာto measure
2Burmeseအတာperiod or season of Thingyan, the Burmese New Year
3Paliantaend; goal; top
4Sanskritअन्तnear; last; handsome, lovely
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ént-end, limit, forehead

via Burmese ပြော

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပြောto speak, say, utter, narrate, tell, relate
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq