Where does “တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ” come from?
တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နည်း, from Pali naya, from Sanskrit नय — method, guide; means; reason; wisdom, leading...
တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ (Burmese): some other way
Ancestry of “တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ”, step by step
တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နည်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နည်း | little; few; system; method |
| 2 | Pali | naya | leading; method; plan |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नय | method, guide; means; reason; wisdom, leading... |
via Burmese တစ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တစ် | one |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *kV-tek | one |
via Burmese ဖ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖ | Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet |
| 2 | Burmese | ပိ | to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed |