Where does “မိုးမမြင်လေမမြင်” come from?

မိုးမမြင်လေမမြင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မြင်, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *mraŋ¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-taŋ — to see, to look.

မိုးမမြင်လေမမြင် (Burmese): state of being oblivious to everybody else due to one's love or pride

Definitions

  1. state of being oblivious to everybody else due to one's love or pride

Ancestry of “မိုးမမြင်လေမမြင်”, step by step

မိုးမမြင်လေမမြင် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မြင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမြင်to see
2Proto-Lolo-Burmese*mraŋ¹—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-taŋto see, to look

via Burmese လေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလေwind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:...
2Old Burmeseလိယ်—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-taŋ →Every word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *mraŋ¹ →Every word from Burmese မြင် →