Where does “တေးသံရှင်” come from?

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

တေးသံရှင် (Burmese): singer; vocalist

Definitions

  1. singer; vocalist

Ancestry of “တေးသံရှင်”, step by step

တေးသံရှင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သံ

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

via Burmese တေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတေးto chalk up a grievance
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