Where does “မှာထား” come from?

မှာထား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ထား, from Proto-Vietic taʔ.

မှာထား (Burmese): to leave word or instructions, order something while one is gone

Definitions

  1. to leave word or instructions, order something while one is gone

Ancestry of “မှာထား”, step by step

မှာထား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ထား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထားto put
2Proto-Vietictaʔ—

via Burmese မှာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှာto order; to send word; in, on, at
Every word from Proto-Vietic taʔ →Every word from Burmese ထား →