Where does “မူလီခေါင်း” come from?

မူလီခေါင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese မူလီ, from Hindi मूली, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀽𑀮, from Sanskrit मूल — root; radish; base, foundation.

မူလီခေါင်း (Burmese): nut (that fits on a bolt)

Definitions

  1. nut (that fits on a bolt)

Ancestry of “မူလီခေါင်း”, step by step

မူလီခေါင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မူလီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမူလီbolt metal fastener, as in nuts and bolts
2Hindiमूलीmooli
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀫𑀽𑀮—
4Sanskritमूलroot; radish; base, foundation

via Burmese ခေါင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေါင်းhead; coffin; cavity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(g/k)uŋhole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part
Every word from Sanskrit मूल →Every word from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀽𑀮 →Every word from Hindi मूली →