Where does “နွားထီး” come from?

နွားထီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နွား, from Old Burmese နွဟ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋwa — cattle, ox.

နွားထီး (Burmese): ox; bull; bullock

Definitions

  1. ox; bull; bullock

Ancestry of “နွားထီး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနွားcow
2Old Burmeseနွဟ်cow
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋwacattle, ox
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋwa →Every word from Old Burmese နွဟ် →Every word from Burmese နွား →