Where does “သင်္ကြန်မိုး” come from?
သင်္ကြန်မိုး (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.
သင်္ကြန်မိုး (Burmese): a rain shower during the month of Thingyan
Definitions
- a rain shower during the month of Thingyan
Ancestry of “သင်္ကြန်မိုး”, step by step
သင်္ကြန်မိုး 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 | — |
via Burmese မိုး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မိုး | sky atmosphere above a point |