Where does “ကောင်ငယ်” come from?

ကောင်ငယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငယ်, from Old Burmese ငဲ.

Ancestry of “ကောင်ငယ်”, step by step

ကောင်ငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငယ်small; little; young; chevrotain
2Old Burmeseငဲ—

via Burmese ကောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကောင်body; creature
Every word from Old Burmese ငဲ →Every word from Burmese ငယ် →