Where does “စိတ်ကြီး” come from?
စိတ်ကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese စိတ်, from Pali citta, from Sanskrit चित्त, from Sanskrit चित्ति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čítˢtiš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéyt-ti-s ~ *kʷit-téy-s, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeyt- — to notice; to read.
စိတ်ကြီး (Burmese): to be highly-strung, be sensitive
Definitions
- to be highly-strung, be sensitive
Ancestry of “စိတ်ကြီး”, step by step
စိတ်ကြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese စိတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စိတ် | mind; a traditional Burmese unit of volume... |
| 2 | Pali | citta | mind, heart, feeling |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चित्त | thinking; reflecting; imagining |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चित्ति | thinking, thought |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *čítˢtiš | thought, consciousness |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷéyt-ti-s ~ *kʷit-téy-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeyt- | to notice; to read |
via Burmese ကြီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြီး | big; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree) |