Where does “ဆံပင်” come from?
ဆံပင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပင်, from Sanskrit वृक्ष, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wr̥ṭṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wr̥ćšás — tree.
ဆံပင် (Burmese): hair
Ancestry of “ဆံပင်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | ပင် | plant; trees; tree |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वृक्ष | a tree, any tree bearing visible flowers and... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wr̥ṭṣás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wr̥ćšás | tree |