Where does “ဒဏ်ငွေ” come from?

ဒဏ်ငွေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငွေ, from Old Burmese ငုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

ဒဏ်ငွေ (Burmese): fine

Definitions

  1. fine

Ancestry of “ဒဏ်ငွေ”, step by step

ဒဏ်ငွေ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငွေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငွေsilver; money
2Old Burmeseငုယ်silver
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Burmese ဒဏ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဒဏ်punishment
2Palidaṇḍastick, handle, staff, rod
3Sanskritदण्डstick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurlEvery word from Old Burmese ငုယ်Every word from Burmese ငွေ
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