Where does “အောက်မေ့” come from?

အောက်မေ့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မေ, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ — mother.

အောက်မေ့ (Burmese): to long for

Definitions

  1. to long for

Ancestry of “အောက်မေ့”, step by step

အောက်မေ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseမေMay
2EnglishMayThe fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June
3FrenchmaiMay
4Old Frenchmai
5LatinMāius“month”}} of May
6LatinMaianominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative...
7Ancient Greekμαῖαmidwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame
8Ancient Greekμήτηρmother; source or origin
9Proto-Hellenicmā́tērmother
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Burmese အောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအောက်under in a lower level than
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr