Where does “သွေးကင်ဆာ” come from?

သွေးကင်ဆာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကင်ဆာ, from English Cancer, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

သွေးကင်ဆာ (Burmese): leukemia

Definitions

  1. leukemia

Ancestry of “သွေးကင်ဆာ”, step by step

သွေးကင်ဆာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကင်ဆာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကင်ဆာcancer
2EnglishCancerSomeone with a Cancer star sign
3Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
4Proto-Italickankroscrab
5Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Burmese သွေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွေးblood
2Old Burmeseသုယ်blood
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*swiʔblood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- →