Where does “*hwaᴮ” come from?

*hwaᴮ (Proto-Karen) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa — bamboo.

Ancestry of “*hwaᴮ”, step by step

*hwaᴮ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-pabamboo

via Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sino-Tibetan*rV-pa—

Words derived from “*hwaᴮ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa →