Where does “မာလာဖူး” come from?

မာလာဖူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မာလာ, from Pali mālā, from Sanskrit मल, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

မာလာဖူး (Burmese): wild ginger, Hitchenia glauca

Definitions

wild ginger, Hitchenia glauca

Ancestry of “မာလာဖူး”, step by step

မာလာဖူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မာလာ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	မာလာ	garland
2	Pali	mālā	garland, wreath; a string of flowers
3	Sanskrit	मल	dirty; niggardly?; unbelieving, godless
4	Proto-Indo-European	melh₂-	to grind, to crush
5	Proto-Indo-European	mel-	soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
6	Proto-Indo-European	mey-	to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Burmese ဖူး

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ဖူး	to visit (a shrine, a monk, etc.)
2	Sino-Tibetan	ʔ-bu ~ pu	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →