Where does “လေးနက်” come from?

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

လေးနက် (Burmese): worthy of serious consideration, weighty, deep, profound

Definitions

  1. worthy of serious consideration, weighty, deep, profound

Ancestry of “လေးနက်”, step by step

လေးနက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေး

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

via Burmese နက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနက်black; deep; dense
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nakblack; evil
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေး →