Where does “ထောင်မှူး” come from?

ထောင်မှူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ထောင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-toŋ — thousand.

ထောင်မှူး (Burmese): jailer

Definitions

  1. jailer

Ancestry of “ထောင်မှူး”, step by step

ထောင်မှူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ထောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand

via Burmese မှူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှူး}} to lead, direct
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