Where does “နာရီဝက်” come from?

နာရီဝက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နာရီ, from Sanskrit नाडी, from Proto-Indo-Aryan nadíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH, from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

နာရီဝက် (Burmese): half-hour

Definitions

  1. half-hour

Ancestry of “နာရီဝက်”, step by step

နာရီဝက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နာရီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနာရီclock, watch; hour; woman
2Sanskritनाडीtube; a measure of time; flute, pipe, tube,...
3Proto-Indo-AryannadíH—
4Proto-Indo-IraniannadíHriver
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

via Burmese ဝက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝက်pig; to halve
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH →