Where does “tawng ban” come from?

tawng ban (Jingpho) comes from Burmese တောင်းပန်, from Burmese တောင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t(j)u(ŋ/n) — short.

tawng ban (Jingpho): to apologize

Definitions

  1. to apologize

Ancestry of “tawng ban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်းပန်to apologize
2Burmeseတောင်းbasket; to ask for; short
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant(j)u(ŋ/n)short
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t(j)u(ŋ/n) →Every word from Burmese တောင်း →Every word from Burmese တောင်းပန် →