Where does “မို့လို့” come from?

မို့လို့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

မို့လို့ (Burmese): particle suffixed to nouns and pronouns: "because (it was you)", "only"

Definitions

  1. particle suffixed to nouns and pronouns: "because (it was you)", "only"

Ancestry of “မို့လို့”, step by step

မို့လို့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မ

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

via Burmese လ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလmoon; month
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →