Where does “နွားနောက်” come from?

နွားနောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နွား, from Old Burmese နွဟ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋwa — cattle, ox.

နွားနောက် (Burmese): a type of cow with characteristics of a buffalo: mithun, gayal, domesticated wild ox (Bos frontalis)

Definitions

  1. a type of cow with characteristics of a buffalo: mithun, gayal, domesticated wild ox (Bos frontalis)

Ancestry of “နွားနောက်”, step by step

နွားနောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနွားcow
2Old Burmeseနွဟ်cow
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋwacattle, ox

via Burmese နောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနောက်muddy; next; behind, in back of
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋwa →Every word from Old Burmese နွဟ် →Every word from Burmese နွား →