Where does “ပိုင့်” come from?

ပိုင့် (Burmese) comes from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ပိုင့် (Burmese): pint (fluid measure)

Definitions

  1. pint (fluid measure)

Ancestry of “ပိုင့်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpintA unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
2Middle Englishpintepint
3Old Frenchpinte
4Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
5LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin Pictus