Where does “လေး” come from?

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

လေး (Burmese): four; heavy; bow

Definitions

  1. four; heavy; bow

Ancestry of “လေး”, step by step

လေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Burmese လိယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Burmeseလိယ်—
2Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese ကလေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကလေးchild

Words derived from “လေး”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →