Where does “ခေါင်းအုံး” come from?

ခေါင်းအုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခေါင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (g/k)uŋ — hole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part.

ခေါင်းအုံး (Burmese): to rest head on something

Definitions

  1. to rest head on something

Ancestry of “ခေါင်းအုံး”, step by step

ခေါင်းအုံး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခေါင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေါင်းhead; coffin; cavity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(g/k)uŋhole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part

via Burmese အုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအုံးpillow
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-kumpillow
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (g/k)uŋ →Every word from Burmese ခေါင်း →