Where does “no” come from?

no (Achang) comes from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *na², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na.

no (Achang): ear

Definitions

  1. ear

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

no traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Lolo-Burmese *na²

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Lolo-Burmese*na²—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*na—

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-nəʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*r-nəʔear

Words derived from “no”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *na² →