Where does “မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန်” come from?

မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese အိုင်ယာလန်, from English Ireland, from Middle English Irlond, from Old English Īrland, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu, from Primitive Irish *Īweriū — fat, milk.

Ancestry of “မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန်”, step by step

မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အိုင်ယာလန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအိုင်ယာလန်
2EnglishIrelandOther places named Ireland
3Middle EnglishIrlond
4Old EnglishĪrland
5Old EnglishĪrasIrishmen
6Old NorseÍrarIrishmen
7Old IrishÉriuIreland
8Primitive Irish*Īweriū
9Proto-CelticΦīweryū
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanpiHweryon-
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via Burmese မြောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမြောက်to be tossed up, be high
2Burmeseမြစ်river; great-grandchild; root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon-Every word from Proto-Celtic Φīweryū