Where does “ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ်” come from?

ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဂေါ်ဖီ, from Hindi गोभी, from Portuguese couve, from Old Portuguese couve, from Old Portuguese coue, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ် (Burmese): cabbage

Definitions

  1. cabbage

Ancestry of “ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ်”, step by step

ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဂေါ်ဖီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဂေါ်ဖီcauliflower (typically used in a compound)
2Hindiगोभीcabbage; cauliflower
3Portuguesecouvekale; cabbage; couves
4Old Portuguesecouve
5Old Portuguesecoue
6Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
7Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós

via Burmese ထုပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထုပ်package; pack; bundle; bag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulósEvery word from Ancient Greek καυλόςEvery word from Latin caulis