Where does “ၼၵႃး” come from?

ၼၵႃး (Shan) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

ၼၵႃး (Shan): type of sea dragon

Definitions

  1. type of sea dragon

Ancestry of “ၼၵႃး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနဂါးnaga; dragon
2Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
3Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
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