Where does “အနည်းစု” come from?

အနည်းစု (Burmese) comes from Burmese အနည်း, 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.

အနည်းစု (Burmese): minority of people

Definitions

  1. minority of people

Ancestry of “အနည်းစု”, step by step

အနည်းစု traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အနည်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအနည်းthe few or some of things and people
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 စု

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