Where does “ထၟ” come from?

ထၟ (Mon) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer maʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

ထၟ (Mon): insect

Definitions

  1. insect

Ancestry of “ထၟ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmermaʔinsect; seed; mother
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer maʔ →
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