Where does “အကျဉ်းထောင်” come from?
အကျဉ်းထောင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese အကျဉ်း, 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.
အကျဉ်းထောင် (Burmese): prison, jail
Ancestry of “အကျဉ်းထောင်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အကျဉ်း | summary, synopsis, abstract; prison, jail |
| 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 |