Where does “နေ့ခင်း” come from?

နေ့ခင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese နေ့, from Burmese နေ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-na-s — to stay, to live, to dwell, to be; to stay, to...

နေ့ခင်း (Burmese): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “နေ့ခင်း”, step by step

နေ့ခင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နေ့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနေ့daytime; day
2Burmeseနေsun; to stay; to live, dwell
3Proto-Sino-Tibetang-na-sto stay, to live, to dwell, to be; to stay, to...

via Burmese ခင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခင်းto spread, roll out (carpet, mat, etc.), lay or set (tables, chairs, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-na-s →Every word from Burmese နေ →Every word from Burmese နေ့ →