Where does “ကတ်ကြေး” come from?
ကတ်ကြေး (Burmese) comes from Hindi क़ैंची, from Persian قیچی, from Azerbaijani qayçı, from Proto-Mongolic kaïcï — scissors.
ကတ်ကြေး (Burmese): scissors
Ancestry of “ကတ်ကြေး”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | क़ैंची | — |
| 2 | Persian | قیچی | scissors |
| 3 | Azerbaijani | qayçı | scissors |
| 4 | Proto-Mongolic | kaïcï | scissors |