Where does “ရန်သူမျိုးငါးပါး” come from?

ရန်သူမျိုးငါးပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရန်သူ, from Burmese ရန်, from Burmese ရည် — liquid, fluid; to aim.

ရန်သူမျိုးငါးပါး (Burmese): five enemies of mankind, i.e., water, fire, king, thief, and malevolent persons

Definitions

  1. five enemies of mankind, i.e., water, fire, king, thief, and malevolent persons

Ancestry of “ရန်သူမျိုးငါးပါး”, step by step

ရန်သူမျိုးငါးပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရန်သူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရန်သူenemy
2Burmeseရန်quarrel; in order to, so as to
3Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim

via Burmese ငါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငါးfive; fish
2Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ—

via Burmese ပါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးthin; cheek
Every word from Burmese ရည် →Every word from Burmese ရန် →Every word from Burmese ရန်သူ →
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