Where does “အင်တန်” come from?
အင်တန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တန်, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.
အင်တန် (Burmese): suitably, appropriately, in right measure
Definitions
- suitably, appropriately, in right measure
Ancestry of “အင်တန်”, step by step
အင်တန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တန် | to be worth |
| 2 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 3 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 4 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 5 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Burmese အင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အင် | quantity, number, amount, extent, measure, standard |
| 2 | English | em | The name of the Latin-script letter M; A unit of... |
| 3 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 4 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |