Where does “ဆံကျင်” come from?

ဆံကျင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆံ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam — hair.

ဆံကျင် (Burmese): hairpin

Definitions

  1. hairpin

Ancestry of “ဆံကျင်”, step by step

ဆံကျင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆံhair
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(t)samhair

via Burmese ကျင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျင်to pan for gold

Words derived from “ဆံကျင်”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam →Every word from Burmese ဆံ →