Where does “မဏ္ဍိုင်” come from?

မဏ္ဍိုင် (Burmese) comes from Pali maṇḍala, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

မဏ္ဍိုင် (Burmese): centre; focal point, pivot

Definitions

  1. centre; focal point, pivot

Ancestry of “မဏ္ဍိုင်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimaṇḍalacircle; disc; round platform
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →