Where does “လေးကြိုး” come from?

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

လေးကြိုး (Burmese): chord

Definitions

  1. chord

Ancestry of “လေးကြိုး”, step by step

လေးကြိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလေးfour; heavy; bow
2Old Burmeseလိယ်—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese ကြိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြိုး}} to try, strive, endeavor, make great effort
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəwhorn; angle; corner
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေး →