Where does “ဝင်ကြေး” come from?

ဝင်ကြေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကြေး, from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj — copper.

ဝင်ကြေး (Burmese): admission fee

Definitions

  1. admission fee

Ancestry of “ဝင်ကြေး”, step by step

ဝင်ကြေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြေးcopper; brass; bronze
2Old Burmeseကြိယ်း—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetangrəjcopper

via Burmese ဝင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝင်to enter
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waŋto come
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan grəj →Every word from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း →Every word from Burmese ကြေး →