Where does “မုန့်လက်ကောက်” come from?

မုန့်လက်ကောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လက်ကောက်, from Burmese လက်, from Old Burmese လက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak — hand.

မုန့်လက်ကောက် (Burmese): traditional Burmese snack, a fried donut made with rice flour, related to the ကွာၚ်ကံက်တဲ

Definitions

  1. traditional Burmese snack, a fried donut made with rice flour, related to the ကွာၚ်ကံက်တဲ

Ancestry of “မုန့်လက်ကောက်”, step by step

မုန့်လက်ကောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လက်ကောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလက်ကောက်bangles for arm, bracelet
2Burmeseလက်arm; hand
3Old Burmeseလက်—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-lakhand

via Burmese မုန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမုန့်snack
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