Where does “ပါမောက္ခ” come from?

ပါမောက္ခ (Burmese) comes from Pali pāmokkha, from Pali pamukha, from Pali mukha, from Sanskrit मुख, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam.

ပါမောက္ခ (Burmese): professor

Definitions

  1. professor

Ancestry of “ပါမောက္ခ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipāmokkhachief, first, eminent
2Palipamukhachief, first, foremost, prominent
3Palimukhamouth; face; entrance
4Sanskritमुखmouth; face; visage
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmúkʰam—
6Proto-Indo-IranianmúkHam—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam →Every word from Sanskrit मुख →