Where does “တောင်ဇလပ်” come from?

တောင်ဇလပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တောင်, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman m/r-duŋ.

တောင်ဇလပ် (Burmese): tree rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum)

Definitions

  1. tree rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum)

Ancestry of “တောင်ဇလပ်”, step by step

တောင်ဇလပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်mountain; south; a cubit
2Proto-Tibeto-Burmanm/r-duŋ—

via Burmese ဇလပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဇလပ်term referring to various plants, especially of the subfamily Rauvolfioideae (dogbanes)
Every word from Proto-Tibeto-Burman m/r-duŋ →Every word from Burmese တောင် →