Where does “အသုံးကျ” come from?

အသုံးကျ (Burmese) comes from Burmese အသုံး, 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.

အသုံးကျ (Burmese): to be useful

Definitions

  1. to be useful

Ancestry of “အသုံးကျ”, step by step

အသုံးကျ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အသုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအသုံးusage, use
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 ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Burmese အ- →Every word from Sanskrit अ- →