Where does “က်ုသှ်ေထီ့” come from?

က်ုသှ်ေထီ့ (Eastern Pwo) comes from Eastern Pwo ထီ့, from Proto-Karen *thejᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ — water.

က်ုသှ်ေထီ့ (Eastern Pwo): hippo

Definitions

  1. hippo

Ancestry of “က်ုသှ်ေထီ့”, step by step

က်ုသှ်ေထီ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Eastern Pwo ထီ့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Eastern Pwoထီ့water
2Proto-Karen*thejᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-turʔwater

via Eastern Pwo က်ုသှ်ေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Eastern Pwoက်ုသှ်ေhorse
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ →Every word from Proto-Karen *thejᴬ →Every word from Eastern Pwo ထီ့ →
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