Where does “သင်္ချာ” come from?
သင်္ချာ (Burmese) comes from Pali saṅkhyā, from Sanskrit संख्या, from Sanskrit सम्-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
သင်္ချာ (Burmese): mathematics
Ancestry of “သင်္ချာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | saṅkhyā | enumeration |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संख्या | a number, sum, total; reckoning or summing up;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सम्- | with, together with, along with, together,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sam- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |