Where does “အလှဆီ” come from?

အလှဆီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese အလှ, 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.

အလှဆီ (Burmese): face cream, lotion, glycerine

Definitions

  1. face cream, lotion, glycerine

Ancestry of “အလှဆီ”, step by step

အလှဆီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အလှ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအလှbeauty, good looks
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 ဆီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီoil, grease
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Burmese အ-Every word from Sanskrit अ-