Where does “ၵုင်ႇ” come from?

ၵုင်ႇ (Shan) comes from Burmese က, from Mon က, from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ၵုင်ႇ (Shan): Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the Zodiac

Definitions

  1. Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the Zodiac

Ancestry of “ၵုင်ႇ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကif; indicates the subject of the sentence, a...
2Monကfish
3Pali𑀓Brahmi script form of ka
4Sanskritकःnominative masculine singular of किम्
5Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
6Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
7Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →