Where does “မ” come from?

မ (Mon) comes from Middle Mon မွယ်, from Old Mon မောယ်, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj — one.

မ (Mon): father; seed

Definitions

  1. father; seed

Ancestry of “မ”, step by step

မ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Mon မွယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Monမွယ်—
2Old Monမောယ်—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Proto-Mon-Khmer *(d₂)muj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmer*(d₂)muj—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Old Mon မောယ် →Every word from Middle Mon မွယ် →