Where does “ဝက်ခြံ” come from?

ဝက်ခြံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဝက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak — pig.

ဝက်ခြံ (Burmese): pimple

Definitions

  1. pimple

Ancestry of “ဝက်ခြံ”, step by step

ဝက်ခြံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဝက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝက်pig; to halve
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig

via Burmese ခြံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြံfence; farm
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankramfence, garden
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