Where does “နှစ်သစ်ကူး” come from?
နှစ်သစ်ကူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှစ်သစ်, 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.
နှစ်သစ်ကူး (Burmese): transition (from the old year to the new year)
Definitions
- transition (from the old year to the new year)
Ancestry of “နှစ်သစ်ကူး”, step by step
နှစ်သစ်ကူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နှစ်သစ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နှစ်သစ် | New Year |
| 2 | Burmese | နှစ် | two; year |
| 3 | Burmese | နစ် | to sink |
| 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 |
via Burmese ကူး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကူး | to cross; to swim; to copy; transcribe a written... |