Where does “လါဃိး” come from?

လါဃိး (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen လါ, from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la — moon.

လါဃိး (S'gaw Karen): the La Khoh month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with July

Definitions

  1. the La Khoh month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with July

Ancestry of “လါဃိး”, step by step

လါဃိး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen လါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenလါmoon
2Proto-Karen*ʔlaᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sr-lamoon

via S'gaw Karen ဃိး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenဃိးeight
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la →Every word from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ →Every word from S'gaw Karen လါ →