Where does “Рангун” come from?

Рангун (Russian) comes from Burmese ရန်ကုန်, from Burmese ရန်, from Burmese ရည် — liquid, fluid; to aim.

Ancestry of “Рангун”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရန်ကုန်—
2Burmeseရန်quarrel; in order to, so as to
3Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim
Every word from Burmese ရည် →Every word from Burmese ရန် →Every word from Burmese ရန်ကုန် →