Where does “စတုဂံ” come from?

စတုဂံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဂံ, from Pali koṇa, from Sanskrit कोण, from Ancient Greek Κρόνος — Saturn; Cronus.

စတုဂံ (Burmese): rectangle

Definitions

  1. rectangle

Ancestry of “စတုဂံ”, step by step

စတုဂံ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဂံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဂံangle, corner used in compounds only
2Palikoṇacorner
3Sanskritकोणa corner, angle; an intermediate point of the...
4Ancient GreekΚρόνοςSaturn; Cronus

via Burmese စတု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစတုfour
2Palicatu—

via Pali catukkoṇa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palicatukkoṇa—
Every word from Ancient Greek Κρόνος →Every word from Sanskrit कोण →Every word from Pali koṇa →