Where does “ရေလက်ကြား” come from?

ရေလက်ကြား (Burmese) comes from Burmese လက်, from Old Burmese လက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak — hand.

ရေလက်ကြား (Burmese): strait, channel

Definitions

  1. strait, channel

Ancestry of “ရေလက်ကြား”, step by step

ရေလက်ကြား traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလက်arm; hand
2Old Burmeseလက်—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-lakhand

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—

via Burmese ကြား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြားbetween
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak →Every word from Old Burmese လက် →Every word from Burmese လက် →