Where does “လေ့လာ” come from?

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

လေ့လာ (Burmese): to observe

Definitions

  1. to observe

Ancestry of “လေ့လာ”, step by step

လေ့လာ 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 လာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလာto come
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləʔ—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေ →
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