Where does “密支那” come from?
密支那 (Chinese) comes from Burmese မြစ်ကြီးနား, from Burmese နား, from Burmese အနား, from Burmese အ-, from Pali a-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.
Ancestry of “密支那”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မြစ်ကြီးနား | — |
| 2 | Burmese | နား | ear; to rest; near, in the vicinity of |
| 3 | Burmese | အနား | recess; vicinity |
| 4 | Burmese | အ- | used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or... |
| 5 | Pali | a- | no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc |
| 6 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |