Where does “လံာ်ဖး” come from?

လံာ်ဖး (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen ဖး, from Burmese ဖတ်, from English phat, from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus — to speak, to be talking.

လံာ်ဖး (S'gaw Karen): reader (book)

Definitions

  1. reader (book)

Ancestry of “လံာ်ဖး”, step by step

လံာ်ဖး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen ဖး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenဖးto crack, burst
2Burmeseဖတ်to read
3EnglishphatExcellent; cool; very good; Sexy; Rich in...
4EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
5Frenchfatconceited
6Old Occitanfat
7Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
8Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
9Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
10Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via S'gaw Karen လံာ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenလံာ်a hawk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti