Where does “အင်္ဂလန်” come from?
အင်္ဂလန် (Burmese) comes from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “အင်္ဂလန်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | England | — |
| 2 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 3 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 4 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |