Where does “လေးစား” come from?

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

လေးစား (Burmese): to respect, revere, have respect for

Definitions

to respect, revere, have respect for

Ancestry of “လေးစား”, step by step

လေးစား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေး

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	လေး	four; heavy; bow
2	Old Burmese	လိယ်	—
3	Sino-Tibetan	*tV-lij	—

via Burmese စား

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	စား	to eat; to divide

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