Where does “လက်ပစ်ဗုံး” come from?
လက်ပစ်ဗုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဗုံး, from English bomb, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
လက်ပစ်ဗုံး (Burmese): hand grenade
Definitions
- hand grenade
Ancestry of “လက်ပစ်ဗုံး”, step by step
လက်ပစ်ဗုံး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဗုံး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဗုံး | bomb |
| 2 | English | bomb | An explosive device used or intended as a weapon;... |
| 3 | French | bombé | rounded, convex; past participle of bomber |
| 4 | Italian | bomba | bomb |
| 5 | Italian | bombo | bumblebee; buzzing |
| 6 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |
via Burmese လက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လက် | arm; hand |
| 2 | Old Burmese | လက် | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tV-lak | hand |
via Burmese ပစ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပစ် | to throw cause an object to move rapidly through the air, toss away, fling, hurtle |