Where does “ရာဇဝတ်” come from?

ရာဇဝတ် (Burmese) comes from Pali rāja, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

ရာဇဝတ် (Burmese): criminal

Definitions

  1. criminal

Ancestry of “ရာဇဝတ်”, step by step

ရာဇဝတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali rāja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palirājavocative singular of rājan; combining form of...
2Sanskritराजन्a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the...
3Proto-Indo-AryanHrā́ȷ́āking
4Proto-Indo-IranianHrā́ȷ́ā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Old Khmer vattha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmervattha
2Sanskritवस्त्रclothes, garment, dress; cloth; cover
3Indo-Iranian*wástram
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwés-tro-m
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā