Where does “ထွေးအင်” come from?
ထွေးအင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese အင်, from English em, from English them, from Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim, from Proto-Germanic þaimaz, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
ထွေးအင် (Burmese): spittoon, cuspidor
Definitions
- spittoon, cuspidor
Ancestry of “ထွေးအင်”, step by step
ထွေးအင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese အင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အင် | quantity, number, amount, extent, measure, standard |
| 2 | English | em | The name of the Latin-script letter M; A unit of... |
| 3 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 4 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Burmese ထွေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ထွေး | to spit to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, spit out (water or food) |