Where does “လါနီ” come from?

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

လါနီ (S'gaw Karen): the La Naw month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with November

Definitions

  1. the La Naw month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with November

Ancestry of “လါနီ”, step by step

လါနီ 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 နီ

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