Where does “ဆင်တာရာ” come from?

ဆင်တာရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တာရာ, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

ဆင်တာရာ (Burmese): Cygnus constellation

Definitions

  1. Cygnus constellation

Ancestry of “ဆင်တာရာ”, step by step

ဆင်တာရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တာရာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတာရာconstellation
2PalitārāThe Pali root tar
3Sanskritतारकsomeone or something which delivers, "in the...
4Sanskritताराa fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a...
5Sanskritतthis; that
6Sanskritस्तृa star
7Proto-Indo-IranianHstā́star
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Burmese ဆင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆင်elephant; a piece, which moves like a bishop,...
2Proto-Lolo-Burmesetsaŋelephant
3Proto-Tai*ɟaːŋꟲelephant
4Middle Chinese象elephant; image, resemblance
5Old Chinese象elephant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́ →