Where does “ဓမ္မ” come from?

ဓမ္မ (Burmese) comes from Pali dhamma, from Sanskrit धर्म, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.

ဓမ္မ (Burmese): dharma

Definitions

  1. dharma

Ancestry of “ဓမ္မ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palidhammatruth, righteousness; doctrine, teachings;...
2Sanskritधर्मmorality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰármas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

Words derived from “ဓမ္မ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰármas →Every word from Sanskrit धर्म →