Where does “တတ်နိုင်” come from?

တတ်နိုင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နိုင်, from Burmese နာ, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

တတ်နိုင် (Burmese): to be able to, can, be within one's abilities and resources

Definitions

  1. to be able to, can, be within one's abilities and resources

Ancestry of “တတ်နိုင်”, step by step

တတ်နိုင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နိုင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနိုင်can, be able; a title used by Mon men, in lieu of...
2Burmeseနာto be in pain, be hurt; to be ill
3Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
4Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
5Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Burmese တတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတတ်to know how to do something
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷósEvery word from Sanskrit नागEvery word from Pali nāga