Where does “ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ” come from?

ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (Burmese) comes from Pali ukkaṭṭha, from Sanskrit उत्कृष्ट, from Sanskrit कृष्ट, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (Burmese): chairperson; president

Definitions

  1. chairperson; president

Ancestry of “ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliukkaṭṭhahigh, prominent
2Sanskritउत्कृष्टdrawn up or out
3Sanskritकृष्टdrawn
4Sanskrit-त-ed
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit कृष्ट →