Where does “ကျဆုံး” come from?

ကျဆုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကျ, from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij.

ကျဆုံး (Burmese): to be killed in action

Definitions

  1. to be killed in action

Ancestry of “ကျဆုံး”, step by step

ကျဆုံး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—

via Burmese ဆုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆုံးto come to an end
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij →Every word from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ →Every word from Burmese ကျ →