Where does “နှစ်ဆယ်” come from?
နှစ်ဆယ် (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.
နှစ်ဆယ် (Burmese): twenty
Definitions
- twenty
Ancestry of “နှစ်ဆယ်”, step by step
နှစ်ဆယ် traces back through two 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 ဆယ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆယ် | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj | ten |