Where does “ရဟတ်ယာဉ်” come from?
ရဟတ်ယာဉ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ယာဉ်, from Pali yāna, from Sanskrit यान, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-nom, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
ရဟတ်ယာဉ် (Burmese): helicopter, chopper
Definitions
- helicopter, chopper
Ancestry of “ရဟတ်ယာဉ်”, step by step
ရဟတ်ယာဉ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ယာဉ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ယာဉ် | vehicle, craft; elephant, horse, etc. used for... |
| 2 | Pali | yāna | going, journey, motion; means of conveyance;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |
via Burmese ရဟတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရဟတ် | rotor |