Where does “ဒသ” come from?

ဒသ (Burmese) comes from Pali dasa, from Sanskrit दश, from Sanskrit देश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

Ancestry of “ဒသ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Pali	dasa	ten
2	Sanskrit	दश	ten
3	Sanskrit	देश	point, region, spot, place, part, portion;...
4	Proto-Indo-Aryan	dayśás	point, region, part; country, province
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	dayćás	part, point; country
6	Proto-Indo-European	deyḱ-	to point out

Words derived from “ဒသ”

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