Where does “htawng” come from?

htawng (Jingpho) comes from Burmese ထောင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-toŋ — thousand.

htawng (Jingpho): jail

Definitions

  1. jail

Ancestry of “htawng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-toŋ →Every word from Burmese ထောင် →