Where does “ဆံတော်ချ” come from?

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

ဆံတော်ချ (Burmese): to shave

Definitions

  1. to shave

Ancestry of “ဆံတော်ချ”, step by step

ဆံတော်ချ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆံ

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

via Burmese တော်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတော်clever, skillful; enough, sufficient; denotes...
2Burmeseတွက်to do or work out arithmetical sums; solve...

via Burmese ချ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချto cause to fall, put down, bring down, drop, lower
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)sam