Where does “ကွင်းလျှော” come from?
ကွင်းလျှော (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကွင်း, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn — woman.
ကွင်းလျှော (Burmese): noose
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Ancestry of “ကွင်းလျှော”, step by step
ကွင်းလျှော traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ကွင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကွင်း | ring; queen |
| 2 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 3 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 4 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 5 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |
via Burmese လျှော
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လျှော | to slide down |