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
Ancestry of “နွားထီး”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နွား | cow |
| 2 | Old Burmese | နွဟ် | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ŋwa | cattle, ox |