Where does “သေတ္တာ” come from?

သေတ္တာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သစ်တာ, from Burmese တာ, from Burmese အတာ, from Pali anta, from Sanskrit अन्त, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ént- — end, limit, forehead.

သေတ္တာ (Burmese): box, chest; coffin

Definitions

  1. box, chest; coffin

Ancestry of “သေတ္တာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသစ်တာwooden box or chest
2Burmeseတာto measure
3Burmeseအတာperiod or season of Thingyan, the Burmese New Year
4Paliantaend; goal; top
5Sanskritअन्तnear; last; handsome, lovely
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ént-end, limit, forehead

Words derived from “သေတ္တာ”

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