Where does “သွားကြားထိုးတံ” come from?

သွားကြားထိုးတံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွား, from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.

သွားကြားထိုးတံ (Burmese): toothpick

Definitions

  1. toothpick

Ancestry of “သွားကြားထိုးတံ”, step by step

သွားကြားထိုးတံ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွားtooth; to go
2Sino-Tibetan*sV-wa

via Burmese တံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတံrodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;...

via Burmese ထိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထိုးto poke, jab, stab
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *sV-waEvery word from Burmese သွား
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