Where does “ပိုး” come from?

ပိုး (Burmese) comes from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) — worm.

ပိုး (Burmese): insect, pest

Definitions

  1. insect, pest

Ancestry of “ပိုး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
2Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm

Words derived from “ပိုး”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →