Where does “စွယ်စုံကျမ်း” come from?

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

စွယ်စုံကျမ်း (Burmese): encyclopedia

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Ancestry of “စွယ်စုံကျမ်း”, step by step

စွယ်စုံကျမ်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese စွယ်စုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစွယ်စုံfull-grown elephant with a pair of fully developed symmetrical tusks
2Burmeseစွယ်canine tooth, eyetooth; fang; tusk
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-tswajtooth, tusk

via Burmese ကျမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျမ်းto level (as with a strickle)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tswaj →Every word from Burmese စွယ် →Every word from Burmese စွယ်စုံ →