Where does “မုသား” come from?
မုသား (Burmese) comes from Pali musāvāda, from Pali vāda, from Sanskrit वाद, from Sanskrit वद्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-.
မုသား (Burmese): lie
Ancestry of “မုသား”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | musāvāda | telling lies |
| 2 | Pali | vāda | speech, talk; theory, doctrine; dispute |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वाद | speaking, saying; making sound, playing an... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वद् | to speak; API 10 U |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂wedH- | — |