Where does “စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ” come from?

စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သင်္ကေတ, from Finnish sanketa, from Hindi संकेत, from Braj कत, from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कत्थ, from Sanskrit कुतः — whence.

စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ (Burmese): postcode, postal code

Definitions

  1. postcode, postal code

Ancestry of “စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ”, step by step

စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သင်္ကေတ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသင်္ကေတsign, symbol, mark, notation
2Finnishsanketato densify
3Hindiसंकेतsignal, indication, hint; a sign; mark,...
4Brajकतwhy, for what reason; where
5Sauraseni Apabhramsaकत्थ
6Sanskritकुतःwhence

via Burmese စာတိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာတိုက်post office
2Burmeseစာwriting; letter; written language
3Proto-Sino-Tibetantsa ~ zachild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...
Every word from Sanskrit कुतःEvery word from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कत्थEvery word from Braj कत
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