Where does “ရွက်လှေ” come from?

ရွက်လှေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese လေ, from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

ရွက်လှေ (Burmese): sailing boat, yacht

Definitions

  1. sailing boat, yacht

Ancestry of “ရွက်လှေ”, step by step

ရွက်လှေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလေwind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:...
2Old Burmeseလိယ်—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese ရွက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရွက်sail
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanrwakrat; leaf
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေ →