Where does “မြေပဲ” come from?

မြေပဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မြေ, from Old Burmese မ္လိယ်.

မြေပဲ (Burmese): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “မြေပဲ”, step by step

မြေပဲ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမြေearth; land
2Old Burmeseမ္လိယ်—

via Burmese ပဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပဲpea, bean, legume, pulse; anna
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