Where does “တက္ကသိုလ်” come from?

တက္ကသိုလ် (Burmese) comes from Pali paññā, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

တက္ကသိုလ် (Burmese): university; In colonial times, a title for...

Definitions

  1. university; In colonial times, a title for...

Ancestry of “တက္ကသိုလ်”, step by step

တက္ကသိုလ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali paññā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipaññāwisdom; insight, understanding
2Sanskritप्रज्ञाfeminine singular nominative of प्रज्ञ; wisdom,...
3Sanskritज्ञाto know
4Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-—
5Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Pali Takkasilā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PaliTakkasilāTaxila (an ancient city)
2Sanskritतक्षशिलाTaxila
3Sanskritशिलाstone, rock, crag; red arsenic; camphor
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćHláH—

Words derived from “တက္ကသိုလ်”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH- →