Where does “ပုၚ်ဍာ်” come from?

ပုၚ်ဍာ် (Mon) comes from Mon ပုၚ်, from Old Mon ပူၚ်, from Proto-Mon-Khmer puuŋ — cooked rice, rice mash.

ပုၚ်ဍာ် (Mon): khao chae; Thingyan rice

Definitions

  1. khao chae; Thingyan rice

Ancestry of “ပုၚ်ဍာ်”, step by step

ပုၚ်ဍာ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mon ပုၚ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monပုၚ်cooked rice
2Old Monပူၚ်—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerpuuŋcooked rice, rice mash

via Mon ဍာ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monဍာ်water
2Proto-Austroasiaticɗaːkwater
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer puuŋ →Every word from Old Mon ပူၚ် →Every word from Mon ပုၚ် →