Where does “လေရဟတ်” come from?

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

လေရဟတ် (Burmese): electric fan

Definitions

  1. electric fan

Ancestry of “လေရဟတ်”, step by step

လေရဟတ် 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 ရဟတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရဟတ်rotor
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lijEvery word from Old Burmese လိယ်Every word from Burmese လေ