Where does “ထီးတင်” come from?

ထီးတင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ — upper part; rise; raise; top; summit.

ထီးတင် (Burmese): to crown a pagoda with an ornamental umbrella

Definitions

  1. to crown a pagoda with an ornamental umbrella

Ancestry of “ထီးတင်”, step by step

ထီးတင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတင်buttocks; hips; to put upon, place upon; to...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tVŋupper part; rise; raise; top; summit

via Burmese ထီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထီးumbrella, parasol
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