Where does “ခြေနင်း” come from?

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

ခြေနင်း (Burmese): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “ခြေနင်း”, step by step

ခြေနင်း 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 နင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနင်းto step; stepping on
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