Where does “သားလှောင်” come from?

သားလှောင် (Burmese) comes from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.

Ancestry of “သားလှောင်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysarungsarong; sheath
2Proto-Malayic*saruŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saruŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ →Every word from Malay sarung →
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