Where does “ဂူ” come from?

ဂူ (Burmese) comes from Pali guhā, from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

ဂူ (Burmese): cave; tomb

Definitions

  1. cave; tomb

Ancestry of “ဂူ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliguhācave; den
2Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
3Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
4Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

Words derived from “ဂူ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →