Where does “ဂငယ်” come from?

ဂငယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငယ်, from Old Burmese ငဲ.

Ancestry of “ဂငယ်”, step by step

ဂငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငယ်small; little; young; chevrotain
2Old Burmeseငဲ—

via Burmese ဂ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဂGa, the third letter of the Burmese alphabet, called ဂငယ် in Burmese
Every word from Old Burmese ငဲ →Every word from Burmese ငယ် →