Where does “ဂူၜဴ” come from?

ဂူၜဴ (Mon) comes from Burmese ဂူ, from Pali guhā, from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

ဂူၜဴ (Mon): cane forest

Definitions

  1. cane forest

Ancestry of “ဂူၜဴ”, step by step

ဂူၜဴ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဂူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဂူcave; tomb
2Paliguhācave; den
3Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
4Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
5Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

via Mon ၜဴ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monၜဴsugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →