Where does “ယဲမတ်ကနအ်” come from?

ယဲမတ်ကနအ် (Mon) comes from Mon မတ်, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

ယဲမတ်ကနအ် (Mon): ophthalmia; pinkeye

Definitions

  1. ophthalmia; pinkeye

Ancestry of “ယဲမတ်ကနအ်”, step by step

ယဲမတ်ကနအ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Mon မတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monမတ်eye; precious stone; cutting edge
2Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Mon ယဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monယဲto be ill; to be sick

via Mon ကနအ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monကနအ်—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Mon မတ် →