Where does “ဥပုသ်” come from?

ဥပုသ် (Burmese) comes from Pali uposatha, from Sanskrit उपवसथ, from Sanskrit उप-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upa-, from Proto-Indo-European upo — under, up from under; up from under, over; up,...

ဥပုသ် (Burmese): uposatha, the Buddhist sabbaths

Definitions

  1. uposatha, the Buddhist sabbaths

Ancestry of “ဥပုသ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliuposathasabbath day, observance of Eight Precepts
2Sanskritउपवसथthe day before a soma sacrifice
3Sanskritउप-towards; near, with; under, below
4Proto-Indo-Aryanupa-—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianupa-towards
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupounder, up from under; up from under, over; up,...

Words derived from “ဥပုသ်”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European upo →Every word from Sanskrit उप- →Every word from Sanskrit उपवसथ →