Where does “နှစ်ကျိပ်ရှစ်ဆူ” come from?

နှစ်ကျိပ်ရှစ်ဆူ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှစ်, from Burmese နစ်, from English NIB, from English neb, from Middle English neb, from Old English nebb, from Proto-Germanic nabją — beak; nose.

နှစ်ကျိပ်ရှစ်ဆူ (Burmese): the set of 28 Buddhas in the Theravada tradition

Definitions

  1. the set of 28 Buddhas in the Theravada tradition

Ancestry of “နှစ်ကျိပ်ရှစ်ဆူ”, step by step

နှစ်ကျိပ်ရှစ်ဆူ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နှစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှစ်two; year
2Burmeseနစ်to sink
3EnglishNIBOf a product that is the subject of a consumer...
4EnglishnebA bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A...
5Middle Englishnebface, nose
6Old Englishnebbneb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose
7Proto-Germanicnabjąbeak; nose

via Burmese ရှစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရှစ်eight
2Old Burmeseရျှတ်
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-rjateight

via Burmese ဆူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆူto boil, come to a boiling stage
2Monumbotsuwater
3Japanesecove, inlet, outlet; harbor, port; harbour
Every word from Proto-Germanic nabjąEvery word from Old English nebbEvery word from Middle English neb