Where does “နဂါးမောက်သီး” come from?
နဂါးမောက်သီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
နဂါးမောက်သီး (Burmese): dragon fruit
Definitions
- dragon fruit
Ancestry of “နဂါးမောက်သီး”, step by step
နဂါးမောက်သီး 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 သီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သီး | fruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | səj | to die |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *sij | to die |
via Burmese မောက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မောက် | heaped, rising |