Where does “တွင်းလႅင်” come from?

တွင်းလႅင် (Shan) comes from Shan လႅင်, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀdɛːŋᴬ³, from Proto-Tai *C̥.dwiːŋᴬ.

တွင်းလႅင် (Shan): copper

Definitions

  1. copper

Ancestry of “တွင်းလႅင်”, step by step

တွင်းလႅင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan လႅင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanလႅင်red
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ˀdɛːŋᴬ³—
3Proto-Tai*C̥.dwiːŋᴬ—

via Burmese တွင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတွင်းpit, well, burrow, hole; postpositional marker...
2Old Chinese銅—

Words derived from “တွင်းလႅင်”

Every word from Proto-Tai *C̥.dwiːŋᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀdɛːŋᴬ³ →Every word from Shan လႅင် →