Where does “ခွကျ” come from?

ခွကျ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကျ, from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij.

ခွကျ (Burmese): to not fit in the norm

Definitions

  1. to not fit in the norm

Ancestry of “ခွကျ”, step by step

ခွကျ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—

via Burmese ခွ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွfork (of a road, tree, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij →Every word from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ →Every word from Burmese ကျ →