Where does “နငယ်” come from?

နငယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငယ်, from Old Burmese ငဲ.

Ancestry of “နငယ်”, step by step

နငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငယ်small; little; young; chevrotain
2Old Burmeseငဲ—

via Burmese န

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseနNa, the 21st letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ŋa-kforehead; cockscomb
Every word from Old Burmese ငဲ →Every word from Burmese ငယ် →