Where does “ခြုံငုံ” come from?

ခြုံငုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငုံ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ŋam — to immerse, soak.

ခြုံငုံ (Burmese): on the whole, to sum up, in summary

Definitions

  1. on the whole, to sum up, in summary

Ancestry of “ခြုံငုံ”, step by step

ခြုံငုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငုံto keep in the mouth
2Proto-Mon-Khmerŋamto immerse, soak

via Burmese ခြုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြုံto cover, wrap, drape
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ŋam →Every word from Burmese ငုံ →