Where does “ကောင်မငယ်” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ကောင်မငယ်”, step by step

ကောင်မငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

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

via Burmese ကောင်မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကောင်မterm for a female
2Burmese-မ-ess
Every word from Old Burmese ငဲ →Every word from Burmese ငယ် →