Where does “သူၣ်လီၤ” come from?

သူၣ်လီၤ (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen သူၣ်, from Proto-Karen *swɨnᴮ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-sin — liver; bitter; bile.

သူၣ်လီၤ (S'gaw Karen): to plant

Definitions

  1. to plant

Ancestry of “သူၣ်လီၤ”, step by step

သူၣ်လီၤ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen သူၣ်

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

via S'gaw Karen လီၤ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenလီၤto descend; to go down
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-sin →Every word from Proto-Karen *swɨnᴮ →Every word from S'gaw Karen သူၣ် →