Where does “ခြေ” come from?

ခြေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြွေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kroj — shellfish.

ခြေ (Burmese): leg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...

Definitions

  1. leg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...

Ancestry of “ခြေ”, step by step

ခြေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Old Burmese ခြိယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Burmeseခြိယ်—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəjfoot, leg; footstool, seat, chair

Words derived from “ခြေ”

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