Where does “အ” come from?
အ (Burmese) comes from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο, from Phoenician 𐤏, from Egyptian 𓁹.
အ (Burmese): be mute, dumb
Definitions
- be mute, dumb
Ancestry of “အ”, step by step
အ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English O
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 2 | Middle English | O | — |
| 3 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |
via Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀅 | and; also, moreover |
| 2 | Sanskrit | च | and, both, also, moreover, as well as |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -ča | and |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *mV-qəm | jaw, chin |