Where does “ဝက်အူလှည့်” come from?

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

ဝက်အူလှည့် (Burmese): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “ဝက်အူလှည့်”, step by step

ဝက်အူလှည့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဝက်အူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝက်အူscrew
2Burmeseဝက်pig; to halve
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig

via Burmese လှည့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလှည့်to turn move around an axis through itself, go or move around something, spin
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak →Every word from Burmese ဝက် →Every word from Burmese ဝက်အူ →