Where does “ရိုးသား” come from?

ရိုးသား (Burmese) comes from Burmese သား, from Old Burmese သဟ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.

ရိုးသား (Burmese): honest, upright, straight

Definitions

  1. honest, upright, straight

Ancestry of “ရိုးသား”, step by step

ရိုးသား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသားson; meat, flesh
2Old Burmeseသဟ်son
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece

via Burmese ရိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရိုးsimple; honest; guileless
2Old Burmeseရိုဝ်း—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ →Every word from Old Burmese သဟ် →Every word from Burmese သား →