Where does “ပြန့်ကျဲ” come from?

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

ပြန့်ကျဲ (Burmese): to be scattered, be spread out

Definitions

  1. to be scattered, be spread out

Ancestry of “ပြန့်ကျဲ”, step by step

ပြန့်ကျဲ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျ

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

via Burmese ပြန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပြန့်flat and even, level
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lij →Every word from Proto-Karen *kliᴬ →Every word from Burmese ကျ →