Where does “နာလို” come from?

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

နာလို (Burmese): to welcome another's good fortune or success

Definitions

  1. to welcome another's good fortune or success

Ancestry of “နာလို”, step by step

နာလို traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နာ

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

via Burmese လို

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလိုto want desire
2Old Burmeseလိဝ်—

Words derived from “နာလို”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Sanskrit नाग →Every word from Pali nāga →