Where does “ма” come from?

ма (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.

ма (Ossetian): prohibitive particle

Definitions

  1. prohibitive particle

Ancestry of “ма”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianmaHdo not; prohibitive particle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁prohibitive particle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH →
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