Where does “ပုံတူ” come from?
ပုံတူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တူ, from Pali tulā, from Sanskrit तुला, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.
ပုံတူ (Burmese): portrait; likeness; image; replica
Definitions
- portrait; likeness; image; replica
Ancestry of “ပုံတူ”, step by step
ပုံတူ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တူ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တူ | hammer; chopsticks; nephew |
| 2 | Pali | tulā | beam or pole for balancing and carrying or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तुला | balance, scales; weight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |
via Burmese ပုံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပုံ | shape; form; figure; picture; story |