Where does “មានអី” come from?
មានអី (Khmer) comes from Khmer មាន, from Pali māna, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
មានអី (Khmer): what?, what things?
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- what?, what things?
Ancestry of “មានអី”, step by step
មានអី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer មាន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | មាន | to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there... |
| 2 | Pali | māna | pride; conceit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |