Where does “ကတ်ကြေးကိုက်” come from?

ကတ်ကြေးကိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကတ်ကြေး, from Hindi क़ैंची, from Persian قیچی, from Azerbaijani qayçı, from Proto-Mongolic kaïcï — scissors.

ကတ်ကြေးကိုက် (Burmese): Burmese fried rice noodles with bean sprouts, meat, and egg, originating in Mergui

Definitions

  1. Burmese fried rice noodles with bean sprouts, meat, and egg, originating in Mergui

Ancestry of “ကတ်ကြေးကိုက်”, step by step

ကတ်ကြေးကိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကတ်ကြေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကတ်ကြေးscissors
2Hindiक़ैंचीscissors
3Persianقیچیscissors
4Azerbaijaniqayçıscissors
5Proto-Mongolickaïcïscissors

via Burmese ကိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုက်to bite
2Hindiगज़yard
3Persianگزtamarisk, "Tamarix" spp; tamarisk gum;...
4Middle Persiangctamarisk; plaster, gypsum; gypsum
5Akkadian𒅎𒌓gypsum
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