Where does “ကင်းထောက်လေယာဉ်” come from?
ကင်းထောက်လေယာဉ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကင်းထောက်, from Burmese ကင်း, from English King, from Middle English king, from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
ကင်းထောက်လေယာဉ် (Burmese): reconnaissance plane
Definitions
- reconnaissance plane
Ancestry of “ကင်းထောက်လေယာဉ်”, step by step
ကင်းထောက်လေယာဉ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ကင်းထောက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကင်းထောက် | to scout, reconnoitre |
| 2 | Burmese | ကင်း | to be free from, without |
| 3 | English | King | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K |
| 4 | Middle English | king | king monarch |
| 5 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Burmese လေယာဉ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လေယာဉ် | aircraft |
| 2 | Burmese | ယာဉ် | vehicle, craft; elephant, horse, etc. used for... |
| 3 | Pali | yāna | going, journey, motion; means of conveyance;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |