Where does “ကုန်ကျစရိတ်” come from?

ကုန်ကျစရိတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကျ, from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij.

ကုန်ကျစရိတ် (Burmese): expenses

Definitions

  1. expenses

Ancestry of “ကုန်ကျစရိတ်”, step by step

ကုန်ကျစရိတ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—

via Burmese ကုန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကုန်goods; commodity; merchandise
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(m-)kulall; twenty

via Burmese စရိတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစရိတ်cost, expense, allowance
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij →Every word from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ →Every word from Burmese ကျ →