Where does “စာစကား” come from?

စာစကား (Burmese) comes from Burmese စကား, from Pali campaka.

စာစကား (Burmese): expression in the written style

Definitions

  1. expression in the written style

Ancestry of “စာစကား”, step by step

စာစကား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese စကား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစကားlanguage; word
2Palicampaka—

via Burmese စာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာwriting; letter; written language
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsa ~ zachild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...
Every word from Pali campaka →Every word from Burmese စကား →