Where does “အသင်” come from?

အသင် (Burmese) comes 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.

အသင် (Burmese): you; thou

Definitions

  1. you; thou

Ancestry of “အသင်”, step by step

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