Where does “ပထမ” come from?
ပထမ (Mon) comes from Pali paṭhama, from Sanskrit प्रथम, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pratʰamás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pratamás, from Proto-Indo-European pro-tm̥mós, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
ပထမ (Mon): first
Ancestry of “ပထမ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | paṭhama | first; primary, first; foremost |
| 2 | Sanskrit | प्रथम | foremost, first; earliest, primary, original,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pratʰamás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pratamás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-tm̥mós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |