Where does “ဂရုသံ” come from?

ဂရုသံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဂရု, from Pali garu, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

ဂရုသံ (Burmese): accent, stress

Definitions

  1. accent, stress

Ancestry of “ဂရုသံ”, step by step

ဂရုသံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဂရု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဂရုheavy, stressed sound (i.e. a sound having a duration of two မတြာ)
2Paligaruheavy; venerable; teacher
3Sanskritगुरुheavy; weighty
4Proto-Indo-Aryangr̥Húṣ
5Proto-Indo-Iraniangr̥Húšheavy
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
7Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Burmese သံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသံiron; iron nail; envoy, diplomat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansjamiron
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -usEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂usEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš