Where does “ထမ်းပိုး” come from?

ထမ်းပိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပိုး, from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) — worm.

ထမ်းပိုး (Burmese): to carry with a carrying pole

Definitions

  1. to carry with a carrying pole

Ancestry of “ထမ်းပိုး”, step by step

ထမ်းပိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
2Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
3Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm

via Burmese ထမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထမ်းto carry on the shoulder
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tamto talk, to speak
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →