Where does “ခန္ဓာ” come from?

ခန္ဓာ (Burmese) comes from Pali khandha, from Pali veda, from Sanskrit वेद, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

ခန္ဓာ (Burmese): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “ခန္ဓာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikhandhathe shoulders
2Palivedaknowledge
3Sanskritवेदknowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Sanskrit वेद →