Where does “ပုစ္ဆာ” come from?

ပုစ္ဆာ (Burmese) comes from Pali pucchā, from Sanskrit पृच्छा, from Sanskrit प्रछ्, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

ပုစ္ဆာ (Burmese): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “ပုစ္ဆာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipucchāinterrogation; question
2Sanskritपृच्छाquestion, inquiry
3Sanskritप्रछ्to ask, question, interrogate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Sanskrit प्रछ् →