Where does “လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ” come from?
လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ (Shan) comes from Burmese လေယာဉ်ပျံ, from Burmese လေယာဉ်, from Burmese ယာဉ်, from Pali yāna, from Sanskrit यान, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́ — big, great.
လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ (Shan): airplane
Ancestry of “လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | လေယာဉ်ပျံ | airplane |
| 2 | Burmese | လေယာဉ် | aircraft |
| 3 | Burmese | ယာဉ် | vehicle, craft; elephant, horse, etc. used for... |
| 4 | Pali | yāna | going, journey, motion; means of conveyance;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |