Where does “နံပါတ်ဖိုး” come from?

နံပါတ်ဖိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နံပါတ်, from English number, from English numb, from English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman, from Proto-West Germanic neman, from Proto-Germanic nemaną — to distribute; to give, to take.

နံပါတ်ဖိုး (Burmese): heroin

Definitions

  1. heroin

Ancestry of “နံပါတ်ဖိုး”, step by step

နံပါတ်ဖိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နံပါတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနံပါတ်number
2EnglishnumberAn abstract entity used to describe quantity; A...
3EnglishnumbPhysically unable to feel, not having the power...
4EnglishnimTo take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with...
5Middle Englishnimento take
6Old Englishnimanto take, seize
7Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
8Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
9Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take

via Burmese ဖိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖိုးword prefixed to the name of a male to show affection
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nem-Every word from Proto-Germanic nemanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic neman