Where does “ဂျဗောဝ်” come from?

ဂျဗောဝ် (Mon) comes from Burmese ကြမ်းပိုး, from Burmese ပိုး, from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) — worm.

ဂျဗောဝ် (Mon): idle person, corner-boy

Definitions

  1. idle person, corner-boy

Ancestry of “ဂျဗောဝ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြမ်းပိုးbedbug
2Burmeseပိုးinsect, pest
3Old Burmeseပိုဝ်း—
4Proto-Lolo-Burmese*bəw²—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*N-pu(k)worm
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k) →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² →Every word from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း →