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

  1. lotus silk

Ancestry of “ပိုးကြာချည်”, step by step

ပိုးကြာချည် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
2Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
3Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm

via Burmese ကြာချည်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြာချည်lotus silk
2Burmeseကြာwater lily, lotus; take a long time, be a long...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →