Where does “pyinkado” come from?

pyinkado (English) comes from Burmese ပျဉ်းကတိုး, from Burmese ကတိုး, from Sanskrit कस्तूरी, from Proto-Indo-European kestor- — musk.

pyinkado (English): Burmese ironwood, Xylia xylocarpa

Definitions

  1. Burmese ironwood, Xylia xylocarpa

Ancestry of “pyinkado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပျဉ်းကတိုးpyinkado, ironwood of Burma
2Burmeseကတိုးmusk deer
3Sanskritकस्तूरीmusk; castoreum
4Proto-Indo-Europeankestor-musk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kestor- →Every word from Sanskrit कस्तूरी →Every word from Burmese ကတိုး →