Where does “ဟံၣ်ခိၣ်” come from?
ဟံၣ်ခိၣ် (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်, from Proto-Karen *khuᴮ.
ဟံၣ်ခိၣ် (S'gaw Karen): a roof
Definitions
- a roof
Ancestry of “ဟံၣ်ခိၣ်”, step by step
ဟံၣ်ခိၣ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S'gaw Karen | ခိၣ် | a head; the part of the body containing the brain, eyes and mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Karen | *khuᴮ | — |
via S'gaw Karen ဟံၣ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S'gaw Karen | ဟံၣ် | a house |
| 2 | Sino-Tibetan | *k-jim ~ k-jum | — |