Where does “မေႃႇ” come from?

မေႃႇ (Shan) comes from Burmese မှော်, from Shan မေႃ.

မေႃႇ (Shan): supernatural or magical power (which resembles mesmerism in its phenomena), magic, sorcery

Definitions

  1. supernatural or magical power (which resembles mesmerism in its phenomena), magic, sorcery

Ancestry of “မေႃႇ”, step by step

မေႃႇ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မှော်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမှော်alga, duckweed, pondscum
2Shanမေႃ—

via Proto-Tai ɓoːᴮ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiɓoːᴮwell; spring
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