Where does “ဝင်ကုန်” come from?

ဝင်ကုန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဝင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waŋ — to come.

ဝင်ကုန် (Burmese): import

Definitions

  1. import

Ancestry of “ဝင်ကုန်”, step by step

ဝင်ကုန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဝင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝင်to enter
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waŋto come

via Burmese ကုန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကုန်goods; commodity; merchandise
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(m-)kulall; twenty
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waŋ →Every word from Burmese ဝင် →