Where does “မြေခွေး” come from?

မြေခွေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခွေး, from Old Burmese ခုယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n — dog.

မြေခွေး (Burmese): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “မြေခွေး”, step by step

မြေခွေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခွေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွေးdog
2Old Burmeseခုယ်း—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand-kʷəj-ndog

via Burmese မြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမြေearth; land
2Old Burmeseမ္လိယ်—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-kʷəj-n →Every word from Old Burmese ခုယ်း →Every word from Burmese ခွေး →