Where does “ကိုးကား” come from?

ကိုးကား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကား, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros — to run.

ကိုးကား (Burmese): to refer to an authoritative work

Definitions

  1. to refer to an authoritative work

Ancestry of “ကိုးကား”, step by step

ကိုးကား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကားcar
2EnglishcarA wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with...
3Middle Englishcarrecart, wagon
4Anglo-Normancarrecart
5Latincarra
6Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
7Gaulishkarroswagon
8Proto-Celtickarroswagon
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Burmese ကိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုးnine; to trust in, rely on; to refer to
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sósEvery word from Proto-Celtic karros
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