Where does “ဘေးမ” come from?

ဘေးမ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဘေး, from Pali bhāya, from Sanskrit भय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayHás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.

ဘေးမ (Burmese): great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-grandmother

Ancestry of “ဘေးမ”, step by step

ဘေးမ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဘေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘေးside
2Palibhāyafear, fright
3Sanskritभयfear, alarm, dread; terror, dismay, danger,...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*bʰayHás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayHás →Every word from Sanskrit भय →