Where does “အကောင်းသား” come from?
အကောင်းသား (Burmese) comes from Burmese အကောင်း, from Burmese အ-, from Pali a-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
အကောင်းသား (Burmese): something not bad (equivalent in usage to the expression "it would have been better")
Definitions
- something not bad (equivalent in usage to the expression "it would have been better")
Ancestry of “အကောင်းသား”, step by step
အကောင်းသား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese အကောင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အကောင်း | something good, goodness |
| 2 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 3 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |