Where does “ဆံပင်တု” come from?

ဆံပင်တု (Burmese) comes from Burmese အတု, from Burmese အ-, from Pali a-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ဆံပင်တု (Burmese): wig; toupee

Definitions

  1. wig; toupee

Ancestry of “ဆံပင်တု”, step by step

ဆံပင်တု traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အတု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအတုcopy, imitation, counterfeit, emulation
2Burmeseအ-used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or...
3Palia-no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc
4Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
5Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Burmese ဆံပင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆံပင်hair
2Burmeseပင်plant; trees; tree
3Sanskritवृक्षa tree, any tree bearing visible flowers and...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanwr̥ṭṣás
5Proto-Indo-Iranianwr̥ćšástree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Burmese အ-Every word from Sanskrit अ-