Where does “နာနာ” come from?

နာနာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နာ, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

နာနာ (Burmese): thoroughly

Definitions

  1. thoroughly

Ancestry of “နာနာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနာto be in pain, be hurt; to be ill
2Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
3Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Sanskrit नाग →Every word from Pali nāga →