Where does “ခင်မင်” come from?

ခင်မင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခင်, from Chinese 琴.

ခင်မင် (Burmese): to be friendly with

Definitions

  1. to be friendly with

Ancestry of “ခင်မင်”, step by step

ခင်မင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခင်to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
2Chinese琴—

via Burmese မင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမင်ink
Every word from Chinese 琴 →Every word from Burmese ခင် →