Where does “တေသံ” come from?

တေသံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သံ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam — iron.

တေသံ (Burmese): wrought iron

Definitions

  1. wrought iron

Ancestry of “တေသံ”, step by step

တေသံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသံiron; iron nail; envoy, diplomat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansjamiron

via Burmese တေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတေto beat or pound repeatedly
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam →Every word from Burmese သံ →