Where does “ပရုတ်” come from?

ပရုတ် (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit कर्पूर, from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ — lime, calcium.

ပရုတ် (Burmese): camphor

Definitions

camphor

Ancestry of “ပရုတ်”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	कर्पूर	camphor
2	Pali	kappūra	camphor
3	Old Malay	kapur	—
4	Proto-Malayic	*kapur	—
5	Proto-Austronesian	qapuʀ	lime, calcium

Words derived from “ပရုတ်”

ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ
payuk
ပရုၵ်ႈ

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *kapur →Every word from Old Malay kapur →