Where does “နံ” come from?
နံ (Burmese) comes from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
နံ (Burmese): to give off an offensive smell
Definitions
- to give off an offensive smell
Ancestry of “နံ”, step by step
နံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali nāma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | nāma | name; immaterial factors such as consciousness... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नामन् | name, personal name, appellation; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hnā́ma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hnā́ma | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mnam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *mnam | to smell, or more specifically |