Where does “ငရဲသား” come from?

ငရဲသား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငရဲ, from Pali niraya, from Sanskrit निरय, from Sanskrit निस्-, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

ငရဲသား (Burmese): denizen of hell

Definitions

  1. denizen of hell

Ancestry of “ငရဲသား”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငရဲhell; Hades; purgatory
2PalinirayaPurgatory; hell
3Sanskritनिरयhell
4Sanskritनिस्-out, forth, away &c
5Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
6Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
7Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि- →