Where does “လုပ်ငန်းခွင်” come from?

လုပ်ငန်းခွင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လုပ်ငန်း, from Burmese ငန်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

လုပ်ငန်းခွင် (Burmese): workplace

Definitions

  1. workplace

Ancestry of “လုပ်ငန်းခွင်”, step by step

လုပ်ငန်းခွင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လုပ်ငန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလုပ်ငန်းoccupation, work, business, enterprise
2Burmeseငန်းgoose; swan
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou

via Burmese ခွင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွင်bandy (of legs), crooked (of arms), bent (of wheels)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Burmese ငန်း →Every word from Burmese လုပ်ငန်း →