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

  1. camphor

Ancestry of “ပရုတ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकर्पूरcamphor
2Palikappūracamphor
3Old Malaykapur—
4Proto-Malayic*kapur—
5Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium

Words derived from “ပရုတ်”

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