Where does “ပိုးကြာချည်” come from?

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

ပိုးကြာချည် (Burmese): lotus silk

Definitions

ပိုးကြာချည် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ပိုး	insect, pest
2	Old Burmese	ပိုဝ်း	—
3	Proto-Lolo-Burmese	*bəw²	—
4	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	*N-pu(k)	worm

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ကြာချည်	lotus silk
2	Burmese	ကြာ	water lily, lotus; take a long time, be a long...