Where does “ဂယ်လက်ဆီ” come from?

ဂယ်လက်ဆီ (Burmese) comes from English galaxy, from Middle English galaxye, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας, from Ancient Greek γάλα, from Proto-Indo-European glakt-.

ဂယ်လက်ဆီ (Burmese): galaxy

Definitions

  1. galaxy

Ancestry of “ဂယ်လက်ဆီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgalaxyThe Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated...
2Middle Englishgalaxye
3Old Frenchgalaxie
4Latingalaxiāsthe Galaxy, the Milky Way
5Ancient Greekγαλαξίαςthe Milky Way galaxy; tailor's chalk; dogfish
6Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt-Every word from Ancient Greek γάλαEvery word from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας