Where does “ဍာ်ဆၚ်” come from?

ဍာ်ဆၚ် (Mon) comes from Mon ဍာ်, from Proto-Austroasiatic ɗaːk — water.

ဍာ်ဆၚ် (Mon): waterfall

Definitions

  1. waterfall

Ancestry of “ဍာ်ဆၚ်”, step by step

ဍာ်ဆၚ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mon ဍာ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monဍာ်water
2Proto-Austroasiaticɗaːkwater

via Mon ဆၚ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monဆၚ်to descend, alight, {animals} to give birth, to drop, to jump down
2Burmeseဆင်းto go down, enter (down into)
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic ɗaːk →Every word from Mon ဍာ် →