Where does “လေ့ကျင့်” come from?

လေ့ကျင့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လေ, from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

လေ့ကျင့် (Burmese): to practice, to train

Definitions

  1. to practice, to train

Ancestry of “လေ့ကျင့်”, step by step

လေ့ကျင့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလေwind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:...
2Old Burmeseလိယ်—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese ကျင့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျင့်to practice

Words derived from “လေ့ကျင့်”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Old Burmese လိယ် →Every word from Burmese လေ →