Where does “စွယ်စုံ” come from?

စွယ်စုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese စွယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tswaj — tooth, tusk.

စွယ်စုံ (Burmese): full-grown elephant with a pair of fully developed symmetrical tusks

Definitions

  1. full-grown elephant with a pair of fully developed symmetrical tusks

Ancestry of “စွယ်စုံ”, step by step

စွယ်စုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese စွယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစွယ်canine tooth, eyetooth; fang; tusk
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-tswajtooth, tusk

via Burmese စ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစto begin; to start; euphonic

Words derived from “စွယ်စုံ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tswaj →Every word from Burmese စွယ် →