Where does “ကာကွယ်ဆေး” come from?

ကာကွယ်ဆေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကွယ်, from English Kwaj, from English Kwajalein, from German Kwajalein, from Marshallese Kuwajleen.

ကာကွယ်ဆေး (Burmese): preventive medicine; prophylactic

Definitions

  1. preventive medicine; prophylactic

Ancestry of “ကာကွယ်ဆေး”, step by step

ကာကွယ်ဆေး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကွယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကွယ်to hide, conceal, be hidden
2EnglishKwajKwajalein island; Kwajalein atoll
3EnglishKwajaleinKwajalein atoll
4GermanKwajalein—
5MarshalleseKuwajleen—

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint

via Burmese ကာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကာshield defensive armor
Every word from Marshallese Kuwajleen →Every word from German Kwajalein →Every word from English Kwajalein →