Where does “ဂျုံ” come from?

ဂျုံ (Burmese) comes from Bengali গম, from Persian گم, from Proto-Iranian wi-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

ဂျုံ (Burmese): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “ဂျုံ”, step by step

ဂျုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali গম

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliগমwheat
2Persianگمlost; missing
3Proto-Iranianwi-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

via Hindi गेहूँ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiगेहूँwheat
2Prakrit𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀽𑀫wheat
3Sanskritगोधूमwheat
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*gandʰúHmas ~ *gantúHmas—

Words derived from “ဂျုံ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Iranian wi- →Every word from Persian گم →