Where does “စနိုက်ကျော်” come from?

စနိုက်ကျော် (Burmese) comes from English snatcher, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

စနိုက်ကျော် (Burmese): mistress

Definitions

  1. mistress

Ancestry of “စနိုက်ကျော်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnatcherOne who snatches, or steals by snatching
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti