Where does “ပိုးနဂါး” come from?

ပိုးနဂါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

ပိုးနဂါး (Burmese): tobacco caterpillar Prodentia litura

Definitions

  1. tobacco caterpillar Prodentia litura

Ancestry of “ပိုးနဂါး”, step by step

ပိုးနဂါး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နဂါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနဂါးnaga; dragon
2Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
3Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Burmese ပိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
2Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
3Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Sanskrit नाग →Every word from Pali nāga →
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