Where does “နွားရှေ့ ထွန်ကျူး” come from?

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

နွားရှေ့ ထွန်ကျူး (Burmese): to do things in the wrong order

Definitions

  1. to do things in the wrong order

Ancestry of “နွားရှေ့ ထွန်ကျူး”, step by step

နွားရှေ့ ထွန်ကျူး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနွားcow
2Old Burmeseနွဟ်cow
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋwacattle, ox

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—

via Burmese ထွန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထွန်to harrow, to till
2Old Burmeseထောန်—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋwa →Every word from Old Burmese နွဟ် →Every word from Burmese နွား →