Where does “ရေနဂါး” come from?

ရေနဂါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

ရေနဂါး (Burmese): sea horse

Definitions

  1. sea horse

Ancestry of “ရေနဂါး”, step by step

ရေနဂါး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နဂါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနဂါးnaga; dragon
2Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
3Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Sanskrit नाग →Every word from Pali nāga →