Where does “နဂါးမောက်” come from?

နဂါးမောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

နဂါးမောက် (Burmese): dragon fruit

Definitions

  1. dragon fruit

Ancestry of “နဂါးမောက်”, step by step

နဂါးမောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နဂါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနဂါးnaga; dragon
2Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
3Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Burmese မောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမောက်heaped, rising
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷósEvery word from Sanskrit नागEvery word from Pali nāga