Where does “ye nan” come from?
ye nan (Jingpho) comes from Burmese ရေနံ, from Burmese နံ, from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
ye nan (Jingpho): oil
Definitions
- oil
Ancestry of “ye nan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရေနံ | earth-oil; petroleum |
| 2 | Burmese | နံ | to give off an offensive smell |
| 3 | Pali | nāma | name; immaterial factors such as consciousness... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नामन् | name, personal name, appellation; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hnā́ma | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hnā́ma | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |