Where does “mah” come from?

mah (English) comes from Chinese 馬, from Chinese 滿, from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ — Manchu, Manchus; Manchu.

mah (English): Pronunciation spelling of my; A statement-final...

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of my; A statement-final...

Ancestry of “mah”, step by step

mah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese馬—
2Chinese滿—
3ManchuᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠManchu, Manchus; Manchu

via Chinese 嗎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese嗎—
2Tagalogbamarks a sentence as interrogative; used in...
3Proto-Austronesian*ba—
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