Where does “နံ့သာပု” come from?

နံ့သာပု (Burmese) comes from Burmese နံ့သာ, from Burmese သာ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am — year.

နံ့သာပု (Burmese): local cultivar of banana grown in Myanmar

Definitions

  1. local cultivar of banana grown in Myanmar

Ancestry of “နံ့သာပု”, step by step

နံ့သာပု traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နံ့သာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနံ့သာfragrance
2Burmeseသာpleasant
3Proto-Mon-Khmercn₁amyear

via Burmese ပု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပုto be short in stature, dwarfish
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am →Every word from Burmese သာ →Every word from Burmese နံ့သာ →