Where does “အက္ခရာ” come from?
အက္ခရာ (Burmese) comes from Pali akkhara, from Sanskrit अक्षर, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
အက္ခရာ (Burmese): letter; alphabet
Ancestry of “အက္ခရာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | akkhara | letter |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अक्षर | imperishable; unalterable; syllable |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |