Where does “ကြက်တော” come from?

ကြက်တော (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan k-rak — chicken, fowl.

ကြက်တော (Burmese): Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

Definitions

  1. Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

Ancestry of “ကြက်တော”, step by step

ကြက်တော traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြက်chicken, fowl
2Proto-Sino-Tibetank-rakchicken, fowl

via Burmese တော

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောforest; jungle
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan k-rak →Every word from Burmese ကြက် →