Where does “သီတင်းသီလ” come from?

သီတင်းသီလ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သီတင်း, from Burmese သီလ, from Pali sīla, from Sanskrit शील, from Sanskrit शी, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

သီတင်းသီလ (Burmese): Eight Precepts

Definitions

  1. Eight Precepts

Ancestry of “သီတင်းသီလ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသီတင်းobservation of the Eight Precepts; sabbath; moral conduct
2Burmeseသီလmorals; precepts
3Palisīlanature; habit
4Sanskritशीलconduct, disposition, nature, tendency; custom,...
5Sanskritशीto lie down
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
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