Where does “ကြေးစား” come from?

ကြေးစား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြေး, from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj — copper.

ကြေးစား (Burmese): mercenary

Definitions

  1. mercenary

Ancestry of “ကြေးစား”, step by step

ကြေးစား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြေးcopper; brass; bronze
2Old Burmeseကြိယ်း—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetangrəjcopper

via Burmese စား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစားto eat; to divide
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj →Every word from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း →Every word from Burmese ကြေး →