Where does “ဒသပါရမီ” come from?

ဒသပါရမီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဒသ, 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 “ဒသပါရမီ”, step by step

ဒသပါရမီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဒသ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဒသ—
2Palidasaten
3Sanskritदशten
4Sanskritदेशpoint, region, spot, place, part, portion;...
5Proto-Indo-Aryandayśáspoint, region, part; country, province
6Proto-Indo-Iraniandayćáspart, point; country
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Burmese ပါရမီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါရမီvirtue
2Palipāramīcompleteness
3Paliparamasuperior, best, excellent
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