Where does “အတုခိုး” come from?

အတုခိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese အတု, 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.

အတုခိုး (Burmese): to imitate, copy, mimic

Definitions

  1. to imitate, copy, mimic

Ancestry of “အတုခိုး”, step by step

အတုခိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အတု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအတုcopy, imitation, counterfeit, emulation
2Burmeseအ-used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or...
3Palia-no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc
4Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
5Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Burmese ခိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခိုးto steal, pilfer, burgle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Burmese အ-Every word from Sanskrit अ-
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