Where does “ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ်” come from?

ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကပ္ပလီ, from Sanskrit कपाल, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl-, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ် (Burmese): Andaman Sea

Definitions

  1. Andaman Sea

Ancestry of “ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ်”, step by step

ကပ္ပလီပင်လယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကပ္ပလီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကပ္ပလီNegro, black person
2Sanskritकपालskull, cranium; bowl
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankapā́lasskull
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáp-ōl-head, bowl
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Burmese ပင်လယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပင်လယ်sea expanse of water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las →