Where does “ငါးမူး” come from?

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

ငါးမူး (Burmese): half of a monetary unit e.g., kyat, dollar

Definitions

  1. half of a monetary unit e.g., kyat, dollar

Ancestry of “ငါးမူး”, step by step

ငါးမူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငါး

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

via Burmese မူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမူးgiddy, dizzy
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