Where does “ဝါကျ” come from?

ဝါကျ (Burmese) comes from Pali vākya, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ဝါကျ (Burmese): sentence

Definitions

  1. sentence

Ancestry of “ဝါကျ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palivākyasentence, saying
2Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
3Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →
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