Where does “တိုင်းဒေသကြီး” come from?

တိုင်းဒေသကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဒေသ, from Pali deśa, from Pali antara, from Pali kappa, from Sanskrit कल्प, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग — Paleo-Balkan oak.

တိုင်းဒေသကြီး (Burmese): region, an administrative subdivision immediately below country

Definitions

  1. region, an administrative subdivision immediately below country

Ancestry of “တိုင်းဒေသကြီး”, step by step

တိုင်းဒေသကြီး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဒေသ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဒေသregion
2Palideśapoint
3Paliantaradifference; gap; in between; space; etc;...
4Palikappasuitable
5Sanskritकल्पpracticable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,...
6Sanskrit-अ
7Sanskritभाग्यluck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,...
8Sanskritभागpart, portion, share, allotment; compartment,...
9Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰāgásdivision; allotment
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂gósPaleo-Balkan oak

via Burmese တိုင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတိုင်းto measure, gauge, compare
2Monဍုၚ်town, city

via Burmese ကြီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြီးbig; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂gós