Where does “ငါးမုန့်” come from?

ငါးမုန့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငါး, from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ.

ငါးမုန့် (Burmese): fish crackers

Definitions

  1. fish crackers

Ancestry of “ငါးမုန့်”, step by step

ငါးမုန့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငါးfive; fish
2Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ—

via Burmese မုန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမုန့်snack
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ →Every word from Burmese ငါး →