Where does “ဂရု” come from?

ဂရု (Burmese) comes from Pali garu, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

ဂရု (Burmese): heavy, stressed sound (i.e. a sound having a duration of two မတြာ)

Definitions

  1. heavy, stressed sound (i.e. a sound having a duration of two မတြာ)

Ancestry of “ဂရု”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paligaruheavy; venerable; teacher
2Sanskritगुरुheavy; weighty
3Proto-Indo-Aryangr̥Húṣ—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniangr̥Húšheavy
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
6Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “ဂရု”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš →