Where does “ယင်ကောင်” come from?

ယင်ကောင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ယင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-b-(r/j)aŋ — fly; bee; fly, bee; bee, fly.

ယင်ကောင် (Burmese): fly insect

Definitions

  1. fly insect

Ancestry of “ယင်ကောင်”, step by step

ယင်ကောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ယင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseယင်}} fly insect
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-b-(r/j)aŋfly; bee; fly, bee; bee, fly

via Burmese ကောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကောင်body; creature
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