Where does “ကိုးကန့်” come from?

ကိုးကန့် (Burmese) comes from Shan ၵဝ်ႈ, from Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ, from Middle Chinese 九, from Old Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.

ကိုးကန့် (Burmese): Kokang region in the northern part of Shan State, Burma

Definitions

  1. Kokang region in the northern part of Shan State, Burma

Ancestry of “ကိုးကန့်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၵဝ်ႈnine
2Proto-Tai*kɤwꟲnine
3Middle Chinese九—
4Old Chinese九—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

Words derived from “ကိုးကန့်”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw →Every word from Old Chinese 九 →Every word from Middle Chinese 九 →