Where does “ဝက်ထီး” come from?

ဝက်ထီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဝက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak — pig.

ဝက်ထီး (Burmese): boar

Definitions

  1. boar

Ancestry of “ဝက်ထီး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝက်pig; to halve
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak →Every word from Burmese ဝက် →