Where does “သင်္ကြန်စာ” come from?
သင်္ကြန်စာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သင်္ကြန်, from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति, from Sanskrit क्रान्ति, from Sanskrit क्रम्, from Sanskrit क्रामति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian krā́mHti, from Proto-Indo-European krḗmH-ti ~ krémH-n̥ti.
သင်္ကြန်စာ (Burmese): a bulletin or almanac predicting the time of transition into the new year (Thingyan) and climatic and crop conditions to be expected in that year
Definitions
- a bulletin or almanac predicting the time of transition into the new year (Thingyan) and climatic and crop conditions to be expected in that year
Ancestry of “သင်္ကြန်စာ”, step by step
သင်္ကြန်စာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သင်္ကြန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သင်္ကြန် | Thingyan |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संक्रान्ति | passage of the sun from one celestial position to... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | क्रान्ति | going, proceeding, step; overcoming, surpassing;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | क्रम् | go, walk, stride; go across; climb |
| 5 | Sanskrit | क्रामति | to stride, go |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | krā́mHti | to stride, go |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krḗmH-ti ~ krémH-n̥ti | — |