Where does “ပစ္ဆိမ” come from?
ပစ္ဆိမ (Burmese) comes from Pali pacchima, from Sanskrit पश्चिम, from Sanskrit पश्चा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁.
ပစ္ဆိမ (Burmese): west; western direction
Definitions
- west; western direction
Ancestry of “ပစ္ဆိမ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | pacchima | latest, hindmost, lowest, western |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पश्चिम | west, western |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पश्चा | behind; after, later; westward |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pasčaH | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *pos-kʷéh₁ | — |