Where does “စာရေး” come from?

စာရေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရေး, from Old Burmese ရိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj — to draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary.

စာရေး (Burmese): clerk; to write

Definitions

စာရေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ရေး	to write
2	Old Burmese	ရိယ်း	—
3	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	b-rəj	to draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	စာ	writing; letter; written language
2	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	tsa ~ za	child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...