Where does “မက” come from?

မက (Burmese) comes from Burmese က, from Mon က, from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

မက (Burmese): more than, not only

Definitions

  1. more than, not only

Ancestry of “မက”, step by step

မက traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese က

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကif; indicates the subject of the sentence, a...
2Monကfish
3Pali𑀓Brahmi script form of ka
4Sanskritकःnominative masculine singular of किम्
5Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
6Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
7Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
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