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
Ancestry of “နာရီဝက်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | နာရီ | clock, watch; hour; woman |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नाडी | tube; a measure of time; flute, pipe, tube,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | nadíH | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | nadíH | river |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ned-íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ned- | to be wet; wet; to tie together |