Where does “ပိဿာ” come from?

ပိဿာ (Burmese) comes from Pali visa, from Sanskrit विष, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wiṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás, from Proto-Indo-European wisós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...

ပိဿာ (Burmese): a Burmese measurement of weight, the viss (peittha) or one hundred ticals, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds)

Definitions

  1. a Burmese measurement of weight, the viss (peittha) or one hundred ticals, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds)

Ancestry of “ပိဿာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palivisapoison; venom
2Sanskritविषpoison, venom, bane; poisonous; servant,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwiṣás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwišáspoison, venom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisósfluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...

Words derived from “ပိဿာ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wiṣás →