Where does “ခေါင်းကိုက်” come from?

ခေါင်းကိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကိုက်, from Hindi गज़, from Persian گز, from Middle Persian gc, from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 — gypsum.

ခေါင်းကိုက် (Burmese): to suffer from a headache, have a headache

Definitions

  1. to suffer from a headache, have a headache

Ancestry of “ခေါင်းကိုက်”, step by step

ခေါင်းကိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုက်to bite
2Hindiगज़yard
3Persianگزtamarisk, "Tamarix" spp; tamarisk gum;...
4Middle Persiangctamarisk; plaster, gypsum; gypsum
5Akkadian𒅎𒌓gypsum

via Burmese ခေါင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေါင်းhead; coffin; cavity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(g/k)uŋhole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part
Every word from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 →Every word from Middle Persian gc →Every word from Persian گز →
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