Where does “-ရှင်” come from?
-ရှင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရှင်, from Burmese အသျှင်, 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.
-ရှင် (Burmese): er, -or agentive suffix
Definitions
- er, -or agentive suffix
Ancestry of “-ရှင်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရှင် | you; sir, madam; to live, be alive |
| 2 | Burmese | အသျှင် | lord; master |
| 3 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 4 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |