Where does “သန္တာ” come from?
သန္တာ (Burmese) comes from Pali santānaka, from Pali santāna, from Sanskrit संतान, from Sanskrit संतन्, from Sanskrit सम्-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
သန္တာ (Burmese): coral
Ancestry of “သန္တာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | santānaka | — |
| 2 | Pali | santāna | continuity; succession |
| 3 | Sanskrit | संतान | continued succession, continuance, continuity; an... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | संतन् | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | सम्- | with, together with, along with, together,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sam- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |