Where does “နိမိတ်” come from?

နိမိတ် (Burmese) comes from Pali nimitta, from Sanskrit निमित्त, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.

နိမိတ် (Burmese): omen, sign, portent

Definitions

  1. omen, sign, portent

Ancestry of “နိမိတ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinimittasign, omen, portent, prognostication
2Sanskritनिमित्तaim, mark
3Sanskritमाdon't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,...
4Proto-IranianmáH—
5Proto-Indo-IranianmaHdo not; prohibitive particle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁prohibitive particle

Words derived from “နိမိတ်”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH →Every word from Proto-Iranian máH →