Where does “လေကတော့” come from?

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

လေကတော့ (Burmese): whirlwind, cyclone

Definitions

  1. whirlwind, cyclone

Ancestry of “လေကတော့”, step by step

လေကတော့ 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 ကတော့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကတော့funnel
2Monကဒအ်—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေ →