Where does “သွားကြားထိုးတံ” come from?
သွားကြားထိုးတံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွား, from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.
သွားကြားထိုးတံ (Burmese): toothpick
Definitions
- toothpick
Ancestry of “သွားကြားထိုးတံ”, step by step
သွားကြားထိုးတံ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တံ | rodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;... |
via Burmese ထိုး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ထိုး | to poke, jab, stab |