Where does “နံနက်စာ” come from?

နံနက်စာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နံနက်, from Burmese နက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nak — black; evil.

နံနက်စာ (Burmese): morning meal, breakfast

Definitions

  1. morning meal, breakfast

Ancestry of “နံနက်စာ”, step by step

နံနက်စာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နံနက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနံနက်morning
2Burmeseနက်black; deep; dense
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nakblack; evil

via Burmese စာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာwriting; letter; written language
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsa ~ zachild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-nakEvery word from Burmese နက်Every word from Burmese နံနက်