Where does “နဂါးငွေ့တန်း” come from?
နဂါးငွေ့တန်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
နဂါးငွေ့တန်း (Burmese): the Milky Way Galaxy
Definitions
- the Milky Way Galaxy
Ancestry of “နဂါးငွေ့တန်း”, step by step
နဂါးငွေ့တန်း traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နဂါး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နဂါး | naga; dragon |
| 2 | Pali | nāga | cobra; elephant; ironwood tree |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
via Burmese တန်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တန်း | straight |
via Burmese ငွေ့
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ငွေ့ | appearing in small measure, being gentle, moderate, slight |