Where does “ကံခေ” come from?

ကံခေ (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.

ကံခေ (Burmese): to be unfortunate, unlucky

Definitions

  1. to be unfortunate, unlucky

Ancestry of “ကံခေ”, step by step

ကံခေ 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 ခေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေuseless, worthless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kármaEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma