Where does “နားကပ်” come from?
နားကပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နား, from Burmese အနား, from Burmese အ-, from Pali a-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
နားကပ် (Burmese): earrings with a screw-on back piece
Definitions
- earrings with a screw-on back piece
Ancestry of “နားကပ်”, step by step
နားကပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နား | ear; to rest; near, in the vicinity of |
| 2 | Burmese | အနား | recess; vicinity |
| 3 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 4 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via Burmese ကပ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကပ် | kalpa |
| 2 | Pali | kappa | suitable |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कल्प | practicable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |