Where does “အာပုံ” come from?

အာပုံ (Burmese) comes from Tamil அப்பம், from Proto-Dravidian *appam — rice cake.

အာပုံ (Burmese): appam, a rice flour pancake

Definitions

  1. appam, a rice flour pancake

Ancestry of “အာပုံ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஅப்பம்bread, bun, chapatti; round cake of rice flour...
2Proto-Dravidian*appamrice cake
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *appamEvery word from Tamil அப்பம்