Where does “ခရု” come from?

ခရု (Burmese) comes from Mon က, from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ခရု (Burmese): mollusc, univalvular shellfish

Definitions

  1. mollusc, univalvular shellfish

Ancestry of “ခရု”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monကfish
2Pali𑀓Brahmi script form of ka
3Sanskritकःnominative masculine singular of किम्
4Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
5Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “ခရု”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →