Where does “ချေးငွေ” come from?

ချေးငွေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငွေ, from Old Burmese ငုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

ချေးငွေ (Burmese): loan

Definitions

  1. loan

Ancestry of “ချေးငွေ”, step by step

ချေးငွေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငွေsilver; money
2Old Burmeseငုယ်silver
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Burmese ချေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချေးfeces, dung
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl →Every word from Old Burmese ငုယ် →Every word from Burmese ငွေ →