Where does “ရတီ” come from?
ရတီ (Burmese) comes from English Rati, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu, from Proto-Germanic raidō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ရတီ (Burmese): measure of weight used in weighing gems, equivalent to 0.388 carats or 20 ဗီဇဝါ
Definitions
- measure of weight used in weighing gems, equivalent to 0.388 carats or 20 ဗီဇဝါ
Ancestry of “ရတီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rati | The Hindu goddess of love, passion and sexual pleasure |
| 2 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 3 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 4 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 5 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 6 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |