Where does “ကျေးဇူးတင်” come from?

ကျေးဇူးတင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကျေးဇူး, from Pali kataññutā, from Sanskrit कृतज्ञता — gratitude.

ကျေးဇူးတင် (Burmese): to thank

Definitions

  1. to thank

Ancestry of “ကျေးဇူးတင်”, step by step

ကျေးဇူးတင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကျေးဇူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျေးဇူးgratitude
2Palikataññutāgratitude
3Sanskritकृतज्ञताgratitude

via Burmese တင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတင်buttocks; hips; to put upon, place upon; to...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tVŋupper part; rise; raise; top; summit
Every word from Sanskrit कृतज्ञता →Every word from Pali kataññutā →Every word from Burmese ကျေးဇူး →