Where does “ထဆင်ထူး” come from?

ထဆင်ထူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ထ, from English lottery, from Italian lotteria, from Italian lotto, from French Lot, from Middle French lot, from Old French loz, from Frankish lot — to cover; to incline.

Ancestry of “ထဆင်ထူး”, step by step

ထဆင်ထူး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseTha, the 18th letter of the Burmese alphabet
2EnglishlotteryA scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or...
3Italianlotterialottery; sweepstake
4Italianlottolot; plot; lottery
5FrenchLotshare (of inheritance)
6Middle Frenchlot
7Old Frenchloz
8Frankishlot
9Proto-Germanichlutąlot, share; fate
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Burmese ဆင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆင်elephant; a piece, which moves like a bishop,...
2Proto-Lolo-Burmesetsaŋelephant
3Proto-Tai*ɟaːŋꟲelephant
4Middle Chineseelephant; image, resemblance
5Old Chineseelephant

via Burmese ထူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထူးfetters; to answer a call; to respond; special;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlutą