Where does “လွှတ်ရုံးငါးရပ်” come from?

လွှတ်ရုံးငါးရပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငါး, from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ.

လွှတ်ရုံးငါးရပ် (Burmese): the five governing bodies that formed the basis of pre-colonial administration in Burmese kingdoms

Definitions

  1. the five governing bodies that formed the basis of pre-colonial administration in Burmese kingdoms

Ancestry of “လွှတ်ရုံးငါးရပ်”, step by step

လွှတ်ရုံးငါးရပ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငါးfive; fish
2Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ—

via Burmese ရပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရပ်to stop; to stand
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-r(j)apto stand

via Burmese လွှတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလွှတ်delegated; release; delegate
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ →Every word from Burmese ငါး →