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
Ancestry of “နှစ်ဆယ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | နှစ် | two; year |
| 2 | Burmese | နစ် | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “နှစ်ဆယ်”