Where does “ထွင်ႇ” come from?

ထွင်ႇ (Shan) comes from Burmese ထောင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-toŋ — thousand.

ထွင်ႇ (Shan): prison, jail

Definitions

  1. prison, jail

Ancestry of “ထွင်ႇ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-toŋ →Every word from Burmese ထောင် →