Where does “နဒီ” come from?

နဒီ (Burmese) comes from Pali nadī, from Sanskrit नदी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH, from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

နဒီ (Burmese): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “နဒီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinadīriver
2Sanskritनदीflowing water; river; name of 2 kinds of metre
3Proto-Indo-IraniannadíHriver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH →