Where does “ကာပ္ပလဳ” come from?

ကာပ္ပလဳ (Mon) comes from Burmese ကပ္ပလီ, from Sanskrit कपाल, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl-, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

ကာပ္ပလဳ (Mon): Negro, negrito, esp. Andamanese

Definitions

  1. Negro, negrito, esp. Andamanese

Ancestry of “ကာပ္ပလဳ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကပ္ပလီNegro, black person
2Sanskritकपालskull, cranium; bowl
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankapā́lasskull
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáp-ōl-head, bowl
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las →