Where does “ဝက်ပေါင်ခြောက်” come from?
ဝက်ပေါင်ခြောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပေါင်, from English Pound, from Middle English pound, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
ဝက်ပေါင်ခြောက် (Burmese): ham
Definitions
- ham
Ancestry of “ဝက်ပေါင်ခြောက်”, step by step
ဝက်ပေါင်ခြောက် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ပေါင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပေါင် | thigh; pound |
| 2 | English | Pound | both named after Thaddeus C. Pound |
| 3 | Middle English | pound | A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower... |
| 4 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 7 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Burmese ခြောက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခြောက် | six; dry |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ | cold; freeze |