Where does “သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ်” come from?

သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နိုင်, from Burmese နာ, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ် (Burmese): to mistreat each other whenever opportunity occurs

Definitions

  1. to mistreat each other whenever opportunity occurs

Ancestry of “သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ်”, step by step

သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နိုင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနိုင်can, be able; a title used by Mon men, in lieu of...
2Burmeseနာto be in pain, be hurt; to be ill
3Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
4Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
5Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Burmese ငါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseငါI, me
2Proto-Sino-TibetanŋaI
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl/b-ŋafive

via Burmese သူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသူhe; she; it
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansu ~ s-luwho; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷósEvery word from Sanskrit नागEvery word from Pali nāga