Where does “သွေးကြော” come from?
သွေးကြော (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွေး, from Old Burmese သုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ — blood.
သွေးကြော (Burmese): artery; vein; blood vessel
Definitions
- artery; vein; blood vessel
Ancestry of “သွေးကြော”, step by step
သွေးကြော traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သွေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သွေး | blood |
| 2 | Old Burmese | သုယ် | blood |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *swiʔ | blood |
via Burmese ကြော
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြော | }} anything in the shape of a line of streak (such as veins, arteries, nerves, grains of wood, etc.) |