Where does “ဂျုံမှုန့်” come from?

ဂျုံမှုန့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဂျုံ, from Bengali গম, from Persian گم, from Proto-Iranian wi-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

ဂျုံမှုန့် (Burmese): wheat flour

Definitions

  1. wheat flour

Ancestry of “ဂျုံမှုန့်”, step by step

ဂျုံမှုန့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဂျုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဂျုံwheat
2Bengaliগমwheat
3Persianگمlost; missing
4Proto-Iranianwi-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

via Burmese မှုန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှုန့်flour, powder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Iranian wi- →Every word from Persian گم →