Where does “မႃလိၼ်” come from?

မႃလိၼ် (Shan) comes from Shan မႃ, from Proto-Tai ʰmaːᴬ — dog; to come.

မႃလိၼ် (Shan): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “မႃလိၼ်”, step by step

မႃလိၼ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan မႃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanမႃdog
2Proto-Taiʰmaːᴬdog; to come

via Shan လိၼ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanလိၼ်earth; soil
2Proto-Taiɗinᴬearth
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmaːᴬ →Every word from Shan မႃ →