Where does “အသွားအလာ” come from?

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

အသွားအလာ (Burmese): traffic

Definitions

  1. traffic

Ancestry of “အသွားအလာ”, step by step

အသွားအလာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွား

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

via Burmese လာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလာto come
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləʔ—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa →Every word from Burmese သွား →