Where does “ကြိုးစား” come from?

ကြိုးစား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြိုး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw — horn; angle; corner.

ကြိုးစား (Burmese): to try, strive, endeavor, make great effort

Definitions

  1. to try, strive, endeavor, make great effort

Ancestry of “ကြိုးစား”, step by step

ကြိုးစား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြိုး}} to try, strive, endeavor, make great effort
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəwhorn; angle; corner

via Burmese စား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစားto eat; to divide
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw →Every word from Burmese ကြိုး →