Where does “ရေလက်ဝါး” come from?

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

ရေလက်ဝါး (Burmese): starfish

Definitions

  1. starfish

Ancestry of “ရေလက်ဝါး”, step by step

ရေလက်ဝါး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လက်ဝါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလက်ဝါးpalm; handbreadth
2Burmeseလက်arm; hand
3Old Burmeseလက်—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-lakhand

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak →Every word from Old Burmese လက် →Every word from Burmese လက် →