Where does “နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ်” come from?
နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှစ်ဆယ်, 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.
နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ် (Burmese): twenty-one
Ancestry of “နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | နှစ်ဆယ် | twenty |
| 2 | Burmese | နှစ် | two; year |
| 3 | Burmese | နစ် | — |
| 4 | English | NIB | Of a product that is the subject of a consumer... |
| 5 | English | neb | A bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A... |
| 6 | Middle English | neb | face, nose |
| 7 | Old English | nebb | neb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nabją | beak; nose |