Where does “မာန်အောင်” come from?
မာန်အောင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မာန်, from Pali māna, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
Ancestry of “မာန်အောင်”, step by step
မာန်အောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မာန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မာန် | pride |
| 2 | Pali | māna | pride; conceit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Burmese အောင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အောင် | in order to, to; to pass |