Where does “ပန်” come from?

ပန် (Mon) comes from Old Mon ပန်, from Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔ — four.

ပန် (Mon): four; to shoot

Definitions

  1. four; to shoot

Ancestry of “ပန်”, step by step

ပန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Mon ပန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Monပန်—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpunʔfour

via Proto-Mon-Khmer paɲʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerpaɲʔto shoot
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔ →Every word from Old Mon ပန် →