Where does “ခင်” come from?
ခင် (Burmese) comes from Chinese 琴.
ခင် (Burmese): to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
Definitions
- to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
Ancestry of “ခင်”, step by step
ခင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 琴
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 琴 | — |
via Proto-Turkic kaŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | kaŋ | father |