Where does “ကတ္တား” come from?

ကတ္တား (Burmese) comes from Pali kattar, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ကတ္တား (Burmese): platform scales

Definitions

  1. platform scales

Ancestry of “ကတ္တား”, step by step

ကတ္တား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali kattar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikattardoer, actor; maker; the subject, taking on the...
2Sanskritकर्तृmaker; doer; agent; author one who does, makes, or acts
3Sanskritकृto make
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Hindi कटा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकटा—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कर्तृ →