Where does “အလားတူ” come from?

အလားတူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တူ, from Pali tulā, from Sanskrit तुला, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

အလားတူ (Burmese): to be the same (in nature or status)

Definitions

  1. to be the same (in nature or status)

Ancestry of “အလားတူ”, step by step

အလားတူ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတူhammer; chopsticks; nephew
2Palitulābeam or pole for balancing and carrying or...
3Sanskritतुलाbalance, scales; weight
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

via Burmese အလား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအလားappearance, form
2Burmeseလားto reach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- →Every word from Sanskrit तुला →Every word from Pali tulā →