Where does “ဆံပင်ညှပ်” come from?

ဆံပင်ညှပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆံပင်, from Burmese ပင်, from Sanskrit वृक्ष, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wr̥ṭṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wr̥ćšás — tree.

ဆံပင်ညှပ် (Burmese): to cut hair

Definitions

  1. to cut hair

Ancestry of “ဆံပင်ညှပ်”, step by step

ဆံပင်ညှပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆံပင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆံပင်hair
2Burmeseပင်plant; trees; tree
3Sanskritवृक्षa tree, any tree bearing visible flowers and...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanwr̥ṭṣás
5Proto-Indo-Iranianwr̥ćšástree

via Burmese ညှပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseညှပ်to clamp, put something between two things, interlard, sandwich
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wr̥ćšásEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wr̥ṭṣásEvery word from Sanskrit वृक्ष