Where does “လိုင်းကား” come from?
လိုင်းကား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကား, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros — to run.
လိုင်းကား (Burmese): route bus
Definitions
- route bus
Ancestry of “လိုင်းကား”, step by step
လိုင်းကား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ကား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကား | car |
| 2 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 3 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 5 | Latin | carra | — |
| 6 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 7 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via Burmese လိုင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လိုင်း | line; route; living quarters in a row; row houses |
| 2 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 3 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 4 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |