Where does “ကေ” come from?

ကေ (Burmese) comes from Pali kesa, from Sanskrit केश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan káyśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian káyćas ~ gáyćas.

ကေ (Burmese): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “ကေ”, step by step

ကေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali kesa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikesahair
2Sanskritकेशhair; the mane; a kind of perfume
3Proto-Indo-Aryankáyśas—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankáyćas ~ gáyćas—

via English Kay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKayderived from several Old and Middle English words; also adopted by immigrants whose surnames began with a K
2LatinkaThe name of the letter "K"
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