Where does “ရေတွင်း” come from?

ရေတွင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရေ, from Old Burmese ရိယ်.

ရေတွင်း (Burmese): (water) well

Definitions

  1. (water) well

Ancestry of “ရေတွင်း”, step by step

ရေတွင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—

via Burmese တွင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတွင်းpit, well, burrow, hole; postpositional marker...
2Old Chinese銅—
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