Where does “မလုပ်တာနီ” come from?

မလုပ်တာနီ (Burmese) comes from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர், from Tamil தண்ணீர், from Tamil நீர், from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁰, from Proto-Dravidian nīr — you; water.

မလုပ်တာနီ (Burmese): mulligatawny soup

Definitions

  1. mulligatawny soup

Ancestry of “မလုပ်တာနီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமிளகுத்தண்ணீர்mulligatawny, a soup highly seasoned with pepper
2Tamilதண்ணீர்water
3Tamilநீர்water
4Old Tamil𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁰y'all
5Proto-Dravidiannīryou; water
Every word from Proto-Dravidian nīr →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁰 →Every word from Tamil நீர் →