Where does “ကြေးစည်” come from?
ကြေးစည် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြေး, from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj — copper.
ကြေးစည် (Burmese): triangular brass gong
Ancestry of “ကြေးစည်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | ကြေး | copper; brass; bronze |
| 2 | Old Burmese | ကြိယ်း | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | grəj | copper |