Where does “ဒီဃ” come from?

ဒီဃ (Burmese) comes from Pali dīgha, from Sanskrit दीर्घ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós — long.

ဒီဃ (Burmese): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “ဒီဃ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palidīghalong
2Sanskritदीर्घlong; lofty, high, tall; deep
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandr̥Hgʰáslong, lengthy
4Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥h₁gʰóslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dr̥Hgʰás →Every word from Sanskrit दीर्घ →