Where does “ရရစ်” come from?

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

ရရစ် (Burmese): the name of diacritic ြ used to modify consonant sounds

Definitions

  1. the name of diacritic ြ used to modify consonant sounds

Ancestry of “ရရစ်”, step by step

ရရစ် 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 ရစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရစ်to wind around
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj →Every word from Burmese ရ →