Where does “နှင်းခဲ” come from?

နှင်းခဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

နှင်းခဲ (Burmese): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “နှင်းခဲ”, step by step

နှင်းခဲ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နှင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှင်းmist, dew, snow, frost
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannaŋinside
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou

via Burmese ခဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခဲto freeze
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ →Every word from Burmese နှင်း →
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