Where does “ဝင်ငွေ” come from?

ဝင်ငွေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငွေ, from Old Burmese ငုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

ဝင်ငွေ (Burmese): income money

Definitions

  1. income money

Ancestry of “ဝင်ငွေ”, step by step

ဝင်ငွေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငွေsilver; money
2Old Burmeseငုယ်silver
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Burmese ဝင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝင်to enter
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waŋto come
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl →Every word from Old Burmese ငုယ် →Every word from Burmese ငွေ →