Where does “ဆယ့်နှစ်လ” come from?

ဆယ့်နှစ်လ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆယ့်နှစ်, from Burmese နှစ်, from Burmese နစ်, from English NIB, from English neb, from Middle English neb, from Old English nebb, from Proto-Germanic nabją — beak; nose.

ဆယ့်နှစ်လ (Burmese): December used in the context of stating specific dates

Definitions

  1. December used in the context of stating specific dates

Ancestry of “ဆယ့်နှစ်လ”, step by step

ဆယ့်နှစ်လ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆယ့်နှစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆယ့်နှစ်twelve
2Burmeseနှစ်two; year
3Burmeseနစ်to sink
4EnglishNIBOf a product that is the subject of a consumer...
5EnglishnebA bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A...
6Middle Englishnebface, nose
7Old Englishnebbneb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose
8Proto-Germanicnabjąbeak; nose

via Burmese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmesemoon; month
Every word from Proto-Germanic nabjąEvery word from Old English nebbEvery word from Middle English neb