Where does “ကြမ်းပိုး” come from?

ကြမ်းပိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပိုး, from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) — worm.

ကြမ်းပိုး (Burmese): bedbug

Definitions

  1. bedbug

Ancestry of “ကြမ်းပိုး”, step by step

ကြမ်းပိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
2Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
3Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm

via Burmese ကြမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြမ်းfloor lower part of a room

Words derived from “ကြမ်းပိုး”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →