Where does “မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး” come from?

မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရှစ်, from Old Burmese ရျှတ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rjat — eight.

မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး (Burmese): noble eightfold path, i.e., Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration

Definitions

  1. noble eightfold path, i.e., Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration

Ancestry of “မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး”, step by step

မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရှစ်

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

via Burmese ပါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးthin; cheek

via Burmese မဂ္ဂင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမဂ္ဂင်
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rjatEvery word from Old Burmese ရျှတ်Every word from Burmese ရှစ်