Where does “ဆုကြေး” come from?

ဆုကြေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြေး, from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj — copper.

ဆုကြေး (Burmese): bonus

Definitions

  1. bonus

Ancestry of “ဆုကြေး”, step by step

ဆုကြေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြေးcopper; brass; bronze
2Old Burmeseကြိယ်း
3Proto-Sino-Tibetangrəjcopper

via Burmese ဆု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆုthing wished, desired, or prayed for; wish
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəjEvery word from Old Burmese ကြိယ်းEvery word from Burmese ကြေး