Where does “ရွက်စုံဖွင့်” come from?

ရွက်စုံဖွင့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရွက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan rwak — rat; leaf.

ရွက်စုံဖွင့် (Burmese): to use all possible means, go full sail ahead

Definitions

  1. to use all possible means, go full sail ahead

Ancestry of “ရွက်စုံဖွင့်”, step by step

ရွက်စုံဖွင့် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရွက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရွက်sail
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanrwakrat; leaf

via Burmese စ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစto begin; to start; euphonic

via Burmese ဖွင့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖွင့်to open; to inaugurate
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