Where does “မေးခွန်း” come from?

မေးခွန်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese မေး, from Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l.

မေးခွန်း (Burmese): question, query

Definitions

  1. question, query

Ancestry of “မေးခွန်း”, step by step

မေးခွန်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမေးto ask
2Sino-Tibetan*s/r-m(u/i/ja)l—

via Burmese ခွန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွန်းspeech
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l →Every word from Burmese မေး →