Where does “ရုက္ခစိုး” come from?

ရုက္ခစိုး (Burmese) comes from Pali rukkha, from Pali deva, from Sanskrit देव, from Proto-Indo-Iranian daywás, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

ရုက္ခစိုး (Burmese): guardian spirit of a tree

Definitions

  1. guardian spirit of a tree

Ancestry of “ရုက္ခစိုး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palirukkhatree
2Palidevagod; angel
3Sanskritदेवheavenly, divine, also said of terrestrial things...
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandaywásgod
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
6Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deywós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian daywás →