Where does “ကိုးကွယ်” come from?

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

ကိုးကွယ် (Burmese): to worship, revere

Definitions

  1. to worship, revere

Ancestry of “ကိုးကွယ်”, step by step

ကိုးကွယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကွယ်

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

via Burmese ကိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုးnine; to trust in, rely on; to refer to
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

Words derived from “ကိုးကွယ်”

Every word from Marshallese Kuwajleen →Every word from German Kwajalein →Every word from English Kwajalein →