Where does “ဝနာ” come from?

ဝနာ (Burmese) comes from Pali vana, from Sanskrit वन, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

ဝနာ (Burmese): jungle

Definitions

  1. jungle

Ancestry of “ဝနာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palivanaforest; desire
2Sanskritवनa tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Sanskrit वन →Every word from Pali vana →