Where does “ရေတံခွန်” come from?

ရေတံခွန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တံခွန်, from Burmese ခွန်, from Shan ၶုၼ်, from Middle Chinese 君.

ရေတံခွန် (Burmese): waterfall, cascade, cataract

Definitions

  1. waterfall, cascade, cataract

Ancestry of “ရေတံခွန်”, step by step

ရေတံခွန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တံခွန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတံခွန်pennant, penon
2Burmeseခွန်}} tax
3Shanၶုၼ်prince; ruler; nobleman
4Middle Chinese君—

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—
Every word from Middle Chinese 君 →Every word from Shan ၶုၼ် →Every word from Burmese ခွန် →