Where does “နာမ်စား” come from?

နာမ်စား (Burmese) comes from Burmese နာမ်, from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

နာမ်စား (Burmese): pronoun

Definitions

  1. pronoun

Ancestry of “နာမ်စား”, step by step

နာမ်စား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နာမ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနာမ်noun
2Palināmaname; immaterial factors such as consciousness...
3Sanskritनामन्name, personal name, appellation; a...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHnā́ma
5Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Burmese စား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစားto eat; to divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma