Where does “ရကောက်” come from?

ရကောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj — fly (insect).

Ancestry of “ရကောက်”, step by step

ရကောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရto succeed, manage, be able; to be permitted, be...
2Proto-Austroasiatic*roajfly (insect)

via Burmese ကောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကောက်rice (Japonica)
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