Where does “ဓမ္မသတ်” come from?

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

ဓမ္မသတ် (Burmese): legal code

Definitions

  1. legal code

Ancestry of “ဓမ္မသတ်”, step by step

ဓမ္မသတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဓမ္မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဓမ္မdharma
2Palidhammatruth, righteousness; doctrine, teachings;...
3Sanskritधर्मmorality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good...
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰármas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via Burmese သတ္တ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသတ္တseven
2Palisattaseven; creature, living being
3Sanskritसत्त्वessence; goodness; spirit
4Sanskritसत्being, existing, occurring, happening, being present
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hsánsreal, true

Words derived from “ဓမ္မသတ်”

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