Where does “စေတီ” come from?
စေတီ (Burmese) comes from Pali cetiya, from Sanskrit चैत्य, from Sanskrit चित्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeyt- — to notice; to read.
စေတီ (Burmese): pagoda, stupa
Ancestry of “စေတီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | cetiya | memorial; pagoda |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चैत्य | the individual soul; a funeral monument or स्तूप... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चित् | API 1 P; comprehend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeyt- | to notice; to read |