Where does “ကမ်းခြေ” come from?

ကမ်းခြေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြေ, from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.

ကမ်းခြေ (Burmese): shore, coast, beach, bank

Definitions

  1. shore, coast, beach, bank

Ancestry of “ကမ်းခြေ”, step by step

ကမ်းခြေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Burmese ကမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကမ်းbank (of river), shore (of sea or lake), brink (of ravine)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj →Every word from Burmese ကြွေ →Every word from Burmese ခြေ →