Where does “မဲာ်” come from?

မဲာ် (S'gaw Karen) comes from Proto-Karen *mɛʔᴰ, from Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

မဲာ် (S'gaw Karen): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “မဲာ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Karen*mɛʔᴰeye
2Sino-Tibetan*mjək—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mjək →Every word from Proto-Karen *mɛʔᴰ →