Where does “ရွေးချယ်” come from?

ရွေးချယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရေး, from Old Burmese ရိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj — to draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary.

ရွေးချယ် (Burmese): election

Definitions

  1. election

Ancestry of “ရွေးချယ်”, step by step

ရွေးချယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေးto write
2Old Burmeseရိယ်း—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanb-rəjto draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary

via Burmese ချယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချယ်—

Words derived from “ရွေးချယ်”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj →Every word from Old Burmese ရိယ်း →Every word from Burmese ရေး →