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Where does “ပျဉ်းကတိုး” come from?

ပျဉ်းကတိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကတိုး, from Sanskrit कस्तूरी, from Proto-Indo-European kestor- — musk.

ပျဉ်းကတိုး (Burmese): pyinkado, ironwood of Burma

Definitions

  1. pyinkado, ironwood of Burma

Ancestry of “ပျဉ်းကတိုး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကတိုး—
2Sanskritकस्तूरीmusk; castoreum
3Proto-Indo-Europeankestor-musk

Words derived from “ပျဉ်းကတိုး”

  • pyinkado
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kestor- →