Where does “လဵၵ်းၸၼ်” come from?

လဵၵ်းၸၼ် (Shan) comes from Shan လဵၵ်း, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰ, from Old Chinese 鐵.

လဵၵ်းၸၼ် (Shan): magnet

Definitions

  1. magnet

Ancestry of “လဵၵ်းၸၼ်”, step by step

လဵၵ်းၸၼ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan လဵၵ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanလဵၵ်းiron
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰlekᴰ¹ˢiron
3Proto-Taiʰlekᴰiron
4Old Chinese

via Shan ၸၼ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၸၼ်to pull; to draw
Every word from Old Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ
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