Where does “လေးချိုး” come from?

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

လေးချိုး (Burmese): a kind of four-stanzaed verse

Definitions

  1. a kind of four-stanzaed verse

Ancestry of “လေးချိုး”, step by step

လေးချိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေး

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

via Burmese ချိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချိုးdove
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေး →