Where does “နှစ်ချောင်းငင်” come from?
နှစ်ချောင်းငင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှစ်, from Burmese နစ်, from English NIB, from English neb, from Middle English neb, from Old English nebb, from Proto-Germanic nabją — beak; nose.
နှစ်ချောင်းငင် (Burmese): name of the Burmese diacritic ူ
Definitions
- name of the Burmese diacritic ူ
Ancestry of “နှစ်ချောင်းငင်”, step by step
နှစ်ချောင်းငင် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နှစ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နှစ် | two; year |
| 2 | Burmese | နစ် | to sink |
| 3 | English | NIB | Of a product that is the subject of a consumer... |
| 4 | English | neb | A bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | neb | face, nose |
| 6 | Old English | nebb | neb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nabją | beak; nose |
via Burmese ချောင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ချောင်း | creek, stream, brook, rivulet |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | kl(j)u(ŋ/k) | river; valley |
via Burmese ငင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ငင် | to pull, draw |