Where does “ကံကုန်” come from?

ကံကုန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကံ, from Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ကံကုန် (Burmese): to die, pass away, expire

Definitions

  1. to die, pass away, expire

Ancestry of “ကံကုန်”, step by step

ကံကုန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကံkarma; fate; luck; fortune; object
2Palikammadoing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma
3Sanskritकर्मन्act, action, performance, business; office,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryankárma—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniankárma—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Burmese ကုန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကုန်goods; commodity; merchandise
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(m-)kulall; twenty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma →