Where does “ຕອງສູ້” come from?

ຕອງສູ້ (Lao) comes from Burmese တောင်သူ, from Burmese သူ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan su ~ s-lu — who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...

ຕອງສູ້ (Lao): Pa-O, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Definitions

  1. Pa-O, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Ancestry of “ຕອງສູ້”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်သူcultivators of crops other than rice
2Burmeseသူhe; she; it
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansu ~ s-luwho; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan su ~ s-lu →Every word from Burmese သူ →Every word from Burmese တောင်သူ →
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