Where does “လိပ်ပြာလုံ” come from?

လိပ်ပြာလုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese လိပ်ပြာ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ljap — lightning; flash; glitter; butterfly.

Ancestry of “လိပ်ပြာလုံ”, step by step

လိပ်ပြာလုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လိပ်ပြာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလိပ်ပြာbutterfly; incorporeal or animate part of a human...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ljaplightning; flash; glitter; butterfly

via Burmese လုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလုံto be covered
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ljapEvery word from Burmese လိပ်ပြာ