Where does “ငွေကိုင်” come from?

ငွေကိုင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငွေ, from Old Burmese ငုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

ငွေကိုင် (Burmese): cashier

Definitions

  1. cashier

Ancestry of “ငွေကိုင်”, step by step

ငွေကိုင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငွေsilver; money
2Old Burmeseငုယ်silver
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Burmese ကိုင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကိုင်to hold; to keep, to maintain; to arrange, to...
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