Where does “အမေး” come from?

အမေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မေး, from Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l.

အမေး (Burmese): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “အမေး”, step by step

အမေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမေးto ask
2Sino-Tibetan*s/r-m(u/i/ja)l—

via Burmese မွှေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမွှေးfragrant
2Old Burmeseမွှုယ်း—

Words derived from “အမေး”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l →Every word from Burmese မေး →