Where does “ရေကန်” come from?

ရေကန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကန်, from Sanskrit कन्या, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

ရေကန် (Burmese): pool, lake, pond, tank

Definitions

  1. pool, lake, pond, tank

Ancestry of “ရေကန်”, step by step

ရေကန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကန်lake; to kick
2Sanskritकन्याgirl, virgin, daughter; the sign of the zodiac...
3Proto-Indo-IraniankanyáHyoung girl, maiden
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kanyáH →Every word from Sanskrit कन्या →