Where does “သူၣ်ထီၣ်” come from?

သူၣ်ထီၣ် (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen ထီၣ်, from Proto-Karen *thaŋᴮ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ — upper part; rise; raise; top; summit.

သူၣ်ထီၣ် (S'gaw Karen): to build

Definitions

  1. to build

Ancestry of “သူၣ်ထီၣ်”, step by step

သူၣ်ထီၣ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen ထီၣ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenထီၣ်to ascend; to go up; to climb
2Proto-Karen*thaŋᴮto ascend; to go up; to rise
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tVŋupper part; rise; raise; top; summit

via S'gaw Karen သူၣ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenသူၣ်head louse
2Proto-Karen*swɨnᴮ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-sinliver; bitter; bile

Words derived from “သူၣ်ထီၣ်”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ →Every word from Proto-Karen *thaŋᴮ →Every word from S'gaw Karen ထီၣ် →