Where does “လမ်းမှားလိုက်” come from?

လမ်းမှားလိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လိုက်, from Proto-Southwestern Tai lɯəkᴰ — to choose.

လမ်းမှားလိုက် (Burmese): to take the wrong road

Definitions

  1. to take the wrong road

Ancestry of “လမ်းမှားလိုက်”, step by step

လမ်းမှားလိုက် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလိုက်to follow
2Proto-Southwestern Tailɯəkᴰto choose

via Burmese လမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလမ်းroad way for travel, street, pathway
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path

via Burmese မှား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှားwrong
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