Where does “ရှစ်ပါးသီလ” come from?
ရှစ်ပါးသီလ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သီလ, from Pali sīla, from Sanskrit शील, from Sanskrit शी, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
ရှစ်ပါးသီလ (Burmese): Eight Precepts
Definitions
- Eight Precepts
Ancestry of “ရှစ်ပါးသီလ”, step by step
ရှစ်ပါးသီလ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သီလ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သီလ | morals; precepts |
| 2 | Pali | sīla | nature; habit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शील | conduct, disposition, nature, tendency; custom,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शी | to lie down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Burmese ရှစ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရှစ် | eight |
| 2 | Old Burmese | ရျှတ် | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-rjat | eight |
via Burmese ပါး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပါး | thin; cheek |