Where does “နရက်” come from?

နရက် (Burmese) comes from Pali naraka, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

နရက် (Burmese): hell; purgatory

Definitions

  1. hell; purgatory

Ancestry of “နရက်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinarakapurgatory, hell
2Sanskritनरकhell
3Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Sanskrit नरक →Every word from Pali naraka →