Where does “တစ်ချောင်းပုဒ်” come from?
တစ်ချောင်းပုဒ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပုဒ်, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “တစ်ချောင်းပုဒ်”, step by step
တစ်ချောင်းပုဒ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ပုဒ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပုဒ် | word; punctuation mark |
| 2 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Burmese ချောင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ချောင်း | creek, stream, brook, rivulet |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | kl(j)u(ŋ/k) | river; valley |