Where does “စစ်တုရင်” come from?

စစ်တုရင် (Burmese) comes from Pali caturaṅga, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग, from Sanskrit चतुर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

စစ်တုရင် (Burmese): Myanmar chess, sittuyin; chess

Definitions

  1. Myanmar chess, sittuyin; chess

Ancestry of “စစ်တုရင်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palicaturaṅgaa type of chess; a set of four members
2Sanskritचतुरङ्गhaving 4 limbs; comprising elephants, chariots,...
3Sanskritचतुर्four
4Proto-Indo-Aryanćatwā́ras—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančatwā́rasfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras →