Where does “ငါးရံ့” come from?

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

ငါးရံ့ (Burmese): common snakehead fish, striped snakehead, chevron snakehead, banded snakehead (Channa striata, syn. Ophiocephalus striatus)

Definitions

  1. common snakehead fish, striped snakehead, chevron snakehead, banded snakehead (Channa striata, syn. Ophiocephalus striatus)

Ancestry of “ငါးရံ့”, step by step

ငါးရံ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငါး

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

via Burmese ရ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရto succeed, manage, be able; to be permitted, be...
2Proto-Austroasiatic*roajfly (insect)
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