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

ပျဉ်းကတိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကတိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကတိုးmusk deer
2Sanskritकस्तूरीmusk; castoreum
3Proto-Indo-Europeankestor-musk

via Burmese ပျဉ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပျဉ်းto be hard and leathery

Words derived from “ပျဉ်းကတိုး”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kestor- →Every word from Sanskrit कस्तूरी →Every word from Burmese ကတိုး →