Where does “နားထောင်” come from?

နားထောင် (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.

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Ancestry of “နားထောင်”, step by step

နားထောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနားear; to rest; near, in the vicinity of
2Burmeseအနားrecess; vicinity
3Burmeseအ-used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or...
4Palia-no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc
5Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
6Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Burmese ထောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောင်prison; to stand; to set up
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-toŋthousand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Burmese အ- →Every word from Sanskrit अ- →