Where does “ရေချို” come from?

ရေချို (Burmese) comes from Burmese ချို, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw — horn; angle; corner.

ရေချို (Burmese): fresh water

Definitions

  1. fresh water

Ancestry of “ရေချို”, step by step

ရေချို traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ချို

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချိုhorn hard growth of keratin, antler
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəwhorn; angle; corner

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw →Every word from Burmese ချို →