Where does “တစ်ပတ်” come from?

တစ်ပတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပတ်, from Pali paṭaha, from Sanskrit पटह — kettledrum, war drum; drum.

တစ်ပတ် (Burmese): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “တစ်ပတ်”, step by step

တစ်ပတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပတ်drum; to circle; Short for ရက်သတ္တပတ်
2Palipaṭaha—
3Sanskritपटहkettledrum, war drum; drum

via Burmese တစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတစ်one
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-tekone
Every word from Sanskrit पटह →Every word from Pali paṭaha →Every word from Burmese ပတ် →