Where does “ဇိမ်ကျ” come from?

ဇိမ်ကျ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကျ, from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij.

ဇိမ်ကျ (Burmese): to be in a state of enjoyment

Definitions

  1. to be in a state of enjoyment

Ancestry of “ဇိမ်ကျ”, step by step

ဇိမ်ကျ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—

via Burmese ဇိမ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဇိမ်something enjoyable
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij →