Where does “ကံသုံးပါး” come from?

ကံသုံးပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကံ, from Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ကံသုံးပါး (Burmese): three types of action (karma), i.e., deeds, words and thoughts

Definitions

  1. three types of action (karma), i.e., deeds, words and thoughts

Ancestry of “ကံသုံးပါး”, step by step

ကံသုံးပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကံkarma; fate; luck; fortune; object
2Palikammadoing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma
3Sanskritकर्मन्act, action, performance, business; office,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryankárma—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniankárma—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Burmese သုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသုံးthree
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree

via Burmese ပါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးthin; cheek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma →