Where does “ကန်စွန်းဥ” come from?

ကန်စွန်းဥ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဥ, from Burmese ဦး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s — head.

ကန်စွန်းဥ (Burmese): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “ကန်စွန်းဥ”, step by step

ကန်စွန်းဥ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဥegg
2Burmeseဦးsir
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand-bu-shead

via Burmese ကန်စွန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကန်စွန်းwater convolvulus, water spinach (Ipomaea aquatica)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →Every word from Burmese ဥ →