Where does “အထင်သေး” come from?

အထင်သေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese အထင်, 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.

အထင်သေး (Burmese): to have a low opinion of someone, underestimate, look down on

Definitions

  1. to have a low opinion of someone, underestimate, look down on

Ancestry of “အထင်သေး”, step by step

အထင်သေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အထင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအထင်guess, conjecture, assumption, notion
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 သေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသေးsmall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Burmese အ-Every word from Sanskrit अ-