Where does “ပိုးဟပ်ဖြူ” come from?

ပိုးဟပ်ဖြူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖြူ, from Pali ဖလ, from Sanskrit फल, from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam, from Proto-Dravidian *paẓV- — to ripen, mature.

ပိုးဟပ်ဖြူ (Burmese): a cockroach that has just shed its skin

Definitions

  1. a cockroach that has just shed its skin

Ancestry of “ပိုးဟပ်ဖြူ”, step by step

ပိုးဟပ်ဖြူ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖြူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖြူwhite; pure; hedgehog, porcupine
2Paliဖလfruit
3Sanskritफलcoral swirl; fruit; kernel or seed of a fruit
4Proto-Dravidian*paẓam—
5Proto-Dravidian*paẓV-to ripen, mature

via Burmese ပိုးဟပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိုးဟပ်cockroach
2Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
3Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
4Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *paẓV- →Every word from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam →Every word from Sanskrit फल →