Where does “နို့မှုန့်” come from?

နို့မှုန့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နို့, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nəw — breast, nipple; milk.

နို့မှုန့် (Burmese): milk powder

Definitions

  1. milk powder

Ancestry of “နို့မှုန့်”, step by step

နို့မှုန့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နို့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနို့milk; breast
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəwbreast, nipple; milk

via Burmese မှုန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှုန့်flour, powder
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nəw →Every word from Burmese နို့ →