Where does “ရှင်မွေ့” come from?
ရှင်မွေ့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မေ, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ — mother.
Ancestry of “ရှင်မွေ့”, step by step
ရှင်မွေ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မေ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မေ | May |
| 2 | English | May | The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June |
| 3 | French | mai | May |
| 4 | Old French | mai | — |
| 5 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 6 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
via Burmese ရှင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရှင် | you; sir, madam; to live, be alive |
| 2 | Burmese | အသျှင် | lord; master |
| 3 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 4 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |