Where does “မဟာမင်းကြီး” come from?

မဟာမင်းကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မဟာ, from Pali mahā, from Pali latā, from Sanskrit लता, from Proto-Indo-European lenteh₂, from Proto-Indo-European lent- — tree with supple branches; supple; bendsome,...

မဟာမင်းကြီး (Burmese): chief commissioner, the title of the highest ranking colonial official in British Burma during British rule

Definitions

  1. chief commissioner, the title of the highest ranking colonial official in British Burma during British rule

Ancestry of “မဟာမင်းကြီး”, step by step

မဟာမင်းကြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မဟာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမဟာgreat, noble
2Palimahāablative singular of maha; nominative/vocative...
3Palilatācreeper
4Sanskritलताa creeper, any creeping or winding plant or...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlenteh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlent-tree with supple branches; supple; bendsome,...

via Burmese မင်းကြီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမင်းကြီးthe king
2Burmeseမင်းmonarch; king; ruler of a state
3Monမာံtitle title prefixed to the proper name of a male
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenteh₂ →Every word from Sanskrit लता →