Where does “ပွင့်ချပ်” come from?

ပွင့်ချပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ချပ်, from Sino-Tibetan *krap.

ပွင့်ချပ် (Burmese): petal

Definitions

  1. petal

Ancestry of “ပွင့်ချပ်”, step by step

ပွင့်ချပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ချပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချပ်to be flat and thin
2Sino-Tibetan*krap—

via Burmese ပွင့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပွင့်to attain Buddhahood
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *krap →Every word from Burmese ချပ် →