Where does “ကဏန်းလက်မ” come from?

ကဏန်းလက်မ (Burmese) comes from Burmese လက်မ, from Burmese လက်, from Old Burmese လက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak — hand.

ကဏန်းလက်မ (Burmese): spanner, wrench

Definitions

  1. spanner, wrench

Ancestry of “ကဏန်းလက်မ”, step by step

ကဏန်းလက်မ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လက်မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလက်မthumb finger
2Burmeseလက်arm; hand
3Old Burmeseလက်
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-lakhand

via Burmese ကဏန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကဏန်းcrab
2Monဂတာံcrab
3Old Monဗတာံ
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₁aamcrab
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lakEvery word from Old Burmese လက်Every word from Burmese လက်