Where does “ဇက်ခွံ့” come from?

ဇက်ခွံ့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဇက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak — iron, iron instrument.

ဇက်ခွံ့ (Burmese): bridle (of a horse)

Definitions

  1. bridle (of a horse)

Ancestry of “ဇက်ခွံ့”, step by step

ဇက်ခွံ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဇက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဇက်bit (for a horse)
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument

via Burmese ခွံ့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွံ့—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak →Every word from Burmese ဇက် →