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

  1. portrait; likeness; image; replica

Ancestry of “ပုံတူ”, step by step

ပုံတူ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတူhammer; chopsticks; nephew
2Palitulābeam or pole for balancing and carrying or...
3Sanskritतुलाbalance, scales; weight
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

via Burmese ပုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပုံshape; form; figure; picture; story
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂-Every word from Sanskrit तुलाEvery word from Pali tulā