Where does “ပဲပိုးတီ” come from?

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

ပဲပိုးတီ (Burmese): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “ပဲပိုးတီ”, step by step

ပဲပိုးတီ 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 ပဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပဲpea, bean, legume, pulse; anna
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →