Where does “မုတ်ခွံ” come from?
မုတ်ခွံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မုတ်, from Pali muttā, from Sanskrit मूत्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHtram, from Proto-Indo-European múHtrom — excrement, urine; filth, sediment.
မုတ်ခွံ (Burmese): mother-of-pearl
Definitions
- mother-of-pearl
Ancestry of “မုတ်ခွံ”, step by step
မုတ်ခွံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မုတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မုတ် | animal urine |
| 2 | Pali | muttā | pearl |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मूत्र | urine |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHtram | excrement, urine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | múHtrom | excrement, urine; filth, sediment |
via Burmese ခွံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခွံ | }} peel, skin, bark, rind, pod, shell, husk, crust, hull, covering |