Where does “ပၞဟ်” come from?

ပၞဟ် (Mon) comes from Pali panasa, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

ပၞဟ် (Mon): jackfruit

Definitions

  1. jackfruit

Ancestry of “ပၞဟ်”, step by step

ပၞဟ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali panasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipanasajackfruit
2Dravidiandra—
3Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via Sanskrit पनस

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपनसjackfruit, breadfruit
2Proto-Dravidianpalṇasjackfruit
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Pali panasa →