Where does “နားကွင်း” come from?
နားကွင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကွင်း, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn — woman.
နားကွင်း (Burmese): earrings
Definitions
- earrings
Ancestry of “နားကွင်း”, step by step
နားကွင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ကွင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကွင်း | ring; queen |
| 2 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 3 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 4 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 5 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |
via Burmese နား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နား | ear; to rest; near, in the vicinity of |
| 2 | Burmese | အနား | recess; vicinity |
| 3 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 4 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |