Where does “နေရာငါးသွယ်” come from?

နေရာငါးသွယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နေရာ, from Burmese ရာ, from Old Burmese ရျာ, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).

နေရာငါးသွယ် (Burmese): five sections or places of honor at the royal palace's audience hall

Definitions

  1. five sections or places of honor at the royal palace's audience hall

Ancestry of “နေရာငါးသွယ်”, step by step

နေရာငါးသွယ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နေရာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနေရာplace; site; location
2Burmeseရာhundred
3Old Burmeseရျာ
4Sino-Tibetan*pV-rja(k)

via Burmese ငါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငါးfive; fish
2Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ

via Burmese သွယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွယ်to connect, join
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k)Every word from Old Burmese ရျာEvery word from Burmese ရာ
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