Where does “ခြေကျင်” come from?

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

ခြေကျင် (Burmese): on foot

Definitions

  1. on foot

Ancestry of “ခြေကျင်”, step by step

ခြေကျင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish

via Burmese ကျင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျင်to pan for gold
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