Where does “သင်္ကေတ” come from?

သင်္ကေတ (Burmese) comes from Finnish sanketa, from Hindi संकेत, from Braj कत, from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कत्थ, from Sanskrit कुतः — whence.

သင်္ကေတ (Burmese): sign, symbol, mark, notation

Definitions

  1. sign, symbol, mark, notation

Ancestry of “သင်္ကေတ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanketato densify
2Hindiसंकेतsignal, indication, hint; a sign; mark,...
3Brajकतwhy, for what reason; where
4Sauraseni Apabhramsaकत्थ—
5Sanskritकुतःwhence

Words derived from “သင်္ကေတ”

Every word from Sanskrit कुतः →Every word from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कत्थ →Every word from Braj कत →