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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လိပ်ပြာ | butterfly; incorporeal or animate part of a human... |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | s-ljap | lightning; flash; glitter; butterfly |
via Burmese လုံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လုံ | to be covered |