Where does “နာဂရီ” come from?

နာဂရီ (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit नागरी, from Sanskrit नागर, from Sanskrit नगर, from Sanskrit गर, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

နာဂရီ (Burmese): Devanagari script

Definitions

  1. Devanagari script

Ancestry of “နာဂရီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनागरी—
2Sanskritनागर—
3Sanskritनगरtown, city; urban
4Sanskritगरmountain, top
5Sanskritगुरुheavy; weighty
6Proto-Indo-Aryangr̥Húṣ—
7Proto-Indo-Iraniangr̥Húšheavy
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
9Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš →